We flew to Kauai, Hawaii.
Why?
Well, because the Trans-Pacific Highway is not a thing and the Great Canoes of the Hawaiian Islands were never committed to a port of call in California. Once we got past thinking we had options, we locked on to the Airport in the town of Lihue.
We had reserved a place in Princeville and had printed out – and left behind – the very nice confirmation letter sent to us by the owner. No problem, we figured we’d review the details (like the address and the lockbox combination) on line as we got close, so we chatted with the car rental people about all sorts of things like: what they thought every visitor to Kauai absolutely must see and do. We should have been asking for the best way to access the internet without a local account. The car folks did their thing with the map and off we went to Princeville.
You know how you can scarcely move from one building to the next in some parts of the country without having to dodge a “Free WiFi”
sign? It’s not like that in Kauai. We reached the home we were renting , but we couldn’t remember the lockbox combination to save our lives so, we did what everyone does when they’re in that situation – we went to dinner!
Yes, it was a little early. Yes we told ourselves “It’s five o’clock somewhere.” “Yes,” they told us, “unless you are a local subscriber, WiFi is a problem.” Then we asked, “Do you guys do Happy Hour?”
After a little comfort food in the form of sushi and a beer in front of an open window looking over a valley that has probably been lush green since creation, we realised that we could call the folks in Denver that put us on to the place and they might be able to help us over our first vacation bump. For no good reason that I’ve ever come up with, that worked!
Armed with the combination, (and well fed) we forced the lockbox to surrender the key and we were in. Inside, there was WiFi. There were beds. Life was good again. I was so happy I took one of the Coconuts from the yard and put it on the table on the deck for a centerpiece. Not realizing how we would feel about them by the end of our week, we admired the chickens roaming the yard. We went to bed early.
