A Conference in Hawaii Day 6 “Home Sweet Home” December 9, 2019

by reissmd, posted in Hawaii, Uncategorized

We took an early flight home. Things went smoothly at Kona Airport. It is small and they don’t have a lot of traffic leaving at 6:25 AM. We needed to route through Honolulu (I won’t bore you with the reasons why) but the plane we were taking brought passengers to Kona. Surprisingly they had what looked like a full flight arriving in Kona at about 5:45 AM. Most of the passengers looked like workers rather than travelers. A tip for you if you fly through Kona (and possibly other Hawaiian airports) be cautious at the agricultural inspection. The inspection was a breeze but they tagged our luggage with tape that has been virtually impossible to remove without leaving a sticky residual on our luggage handles. We just bought this luggage and it is very annoying that we now have handles that will remind us of Hawaii whenever we travel. Possibly if you get a reasonable agent they can apply it to your luggage tags instead.

As usual I will end this blog series with some photos I found of interest.

Hertz asking you not to soak their keys. I guess it is tough on the battery.
Interesting privacy tag. You can watch TED talks on the room television.
Warning not to jump off the 442 foot Akaka Falls. I saw this just as I was about to change into my bathing suit.
Looks like Kona Joe is a bit behind the times (dated July 24, 2008) when it comes to minimum wage. This was their posted sign keeping in line with labor law requirements.
I had a staring contest with these guys.

It is good to be back home as always. Patrice is off to her choir meeting and I am going to get ready for going to work tomorrow. Work? Ugh, I need a vacation.

6 thoughts on “A Conference in Hawaii Day 6 “Home Sweet Home” December 9, 2019”

  2. I just spent 10 days on the big island a couple of weeks ago, mainly on the Kona side. It was amazing. It’s a shame we missed each other. I don’t know if you remember me, I’m the doctor that saw you in Alpine Texas. I hope all is well. I’m mainly based out of New Mexico as of the last couple of years. I hope to make it to California in the next year or so. I will definitely look you up. Take care.

    On December 9, 2019 20:00:56 Robert Reiss Travel Blog and Other Ramblings wrote: > reissmd posted: ” > We took an early flight home. Things went smoothly at Kona Airport. It is > small and they don’t have a lot of traffic leaving at 6:25 AM. We needed to > route through Honolulu (I won’t bore you with the reasons why) but the > plane we were taking brought “

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    1. OMG. I am so sorry we didn’t connect. Email me directly at REISSMD@GMAIL.COM and we will make sure to get together. Anyone reading this post, Kyle was my savior when I had my kidney stone. He was AMAZING. I will try to find the post if anyone wants to read it.

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  3. Welcome back to reality! I enjoyed seeing your photos of interest! I wonder where your next destination will be? I guess I’ll have to just wait and see!😄

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