Monday, February 9, 2026

Hawaiian Islands Tour ultimately a Disaster

From Jan 21 to Feb. 1, 2026 I island hopped on a Cosmos Tour from Oahu (saw the USS Arizona Memorial Site from afar, brief orientation tour of Honolulu, hosted a Geocaching Event at Starbucks, and had British Afternoon Tea) to Hawaii Big Island (Volcanoes Nat'l Park/Kilauea Crater, Black Sand Beach, Punaluu Bake Shop and Kailua-Kona) to the "Garden Isle" of Kauai (Waimea Canyon, Spouting Horn and Kapa'a) to Maui (two scoops of ice cream at Roselani in Paia Town, visited Iao Valley to view the Iao Needle pinnacle and watched "Below Deck" all day on television).  The last three days of the trip were a complete and utter disaster beginning with my checking in at the Outrigger Kaanapali Beach Resort in Lahaina.  It has taken me over a week to recover my health.