Now that I am home, I can post a bit more.
On Thursday, the trip was from all the way from Seattle to Molokai. I wanted to be at the airport three hours early, but I was 1 hour off in my schedule. So a lesson learned was confirm the time.
Still, the security line was quick, so low stress there. Also precheck and carry on only helped.
On the Seattle to Kahalui leg I had no one next time me, also I barely got the seatbelt on, need to lose weight. Wore shorts but on the plane it got cold. Also having a sweater with a lot of pockets helped, was able to have my phone, snacks, a charger, ticket, wallet etc on me.
My sister was in a different section of the plane, but when we got to Maui, she and her husband rented a car and we had lunch. Another lesson was we had enough time for lunch, we left at 10:20 Seattle time but arrived at 1:30PM Hawaii Time, so there was enough time to get the car and eat at Zippy’s.
After lunch she want shopping but I headed to Molokai on a 4:10 flight.
Seat belt was even longer on these small planes than the one in the big jet.
When I landed there was no one to pick me up so I sent a message to a group chat hoping someone could pick me up. My aunt came by and got me, but it was too late to buy water for my CPAP, so I slept dry. So another lessons learned is to get contact info for people that can pick me up.
Pascua store was open, so I was able to get some snacks for food.
Next morning I woke up and the reality of how bad the home was hit me. There was a lot of work to be done and there was not much time to do it. It was overwhelming, no pics here but I will post a nice pic of flowers outside.
We did start cleaning up but I was burned out a bit, we also opened up a bank account at the local branch to make it easier to manage my funds.
Not much to say otherwise on the first full day, but banking and cleaning.
We did clean under the house and I found my old brochure when I used to do business.
Next day, Saturday we did more cleaning and repairs, I found my old Army gear which was in decent shape. I packed it up to bring back to Seattle.
Later that day I visited my cousin Donny and that night got some Molokai Hot Bread
There was a line, I recall when going here felt like a drug deal and you rapped on a door to ask your order. Also things were much cheaper then, like a loaf was $2 or $3
Next day Sunday I packed up all my stuff and headed for Maui. My flight to Seattle was on Monday, but I was warned to go early because I shouldn’t risk missing my flight to Seattle.
I still made my flight, but because it was not delayed, and I got a chance to meet up with some friends.
The last day I had some time in the morning to do stuff. My flight was at 3:10PM, and Maui during this time of the year was not a problem. But I did want to make it back by 12:30PM, fitting we had lunch one last time on Maui at Zippy’s.
Years ago I came home to Molokai after finishing my stint in the HIARNG, now I return to my other home in Washington with the same bag.
On the plane ride home, I thought I had covid, but I am good, just feeling sick. As the day wore on started feeling better.
Didn’t test my fitbit charger so I needed my watch to last, had to conserve battery a bit, so one more lesson learned, bring a good charger.
One final note, it was a struggle coming home, but I was still able to fly without using the belt extender.
Need to wrap this up because it is late.
Weight: 345.0