{"id":12891,"date":"2023-10-10T23:28:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T06:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/?p=12891"},"modified":"2023-10-10T23:52:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T06:52:35","slug":"molokai-trip-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/?p=12891","title":{"rendered":"Molokai Trip Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Now that I am home, I can post a bit more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, the security line was quick, so low stress there. Also precheck and carry on only helped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After lunch she want shopping but I headed to Molokai on a 4:10 flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seat belt was even longer on these small planes than the one in the big jet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pascua store was open, so I was able to get some snacks for food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Plumeria Tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not much to say otherwise on the first full day, but banking and cleaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We did clean under the house and I found my old brochure when I used to do business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Old Brochure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later that day I visited my cousin Donny and that night got some Molokai Hot Bread<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Molokai Hot Bread<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I still made my flight, but because it was not delayed, and I got a chance to meet up with some friends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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North Maui I think<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seattle Homecoming<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One final note, it was a struggle coming home, but I was still able to fly without using the belt extender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Need to wrap this up because it is late. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weight: 345.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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