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Garcia Family Vacation 2019 - Hawaii Trip Report
Cast of Characters:
Me - Dad, Dear Husband, Bank, Chief Planning Officer
DW - Dear Wife, Mom
J1 - Dear Son, 11 yo
J2 - Dear Son, 9 yo
J3 - Dear Son, 7 yo
J4 - Dear Daughter, 5 yo
NN - Nana, joining us halfway through the trip in Maui
GP - Grandpa, joining us with Nana
Itinerary
Day 0 - Last day of school, pick up kids, head to airport fly from Dallas to LA. Stay 1 night
Day 1 - LAX to Honolulu. Check - in Aulani
Day 2 - Aulani Pool Day - Cabana
Day 3 - Me/DW Spa Morning - Pool - Photo session - Character Dinner
Day 4 - Explore Oahu - Pearl Harbor
Day 5 - Aulani Pool/Beach Day
Day 6 - Check-out Aulani - Fly to Maui - Check-in Grand Wailea
Day 7 - Grand Wailea Pool Day - Luau
Day 8 - Molokini Snorkel Tour - Lahaina
Day 9 - Grand Wailea Beach/Pool Day
Day 10 - Beach Pool Day
Day 11 - Beach Lahaina - Red eye back to Dallas
This was a big trip many months (maybe years) in planning. J1 has wanted to go to Hawaii for vacation dating back to when we lived in San Diego, when the travel would have been much easier. Timing and finances just worked better now, and we knew a trip this far was going to require some saving and some planning.
Hope you enjoy this series of trip reports. I am writing this as the trip goes. I’m an early bird, and with the time change I am up very early, so taking advantage of the living room and typing this up as I go. Don’t know that I will post while we’re on vacation, but going to try and document daily.
Cast of Characters:
Me - Dad, Dear Husband, Bank, Chief Planning Officer
DW - Dear Wife, Mom
J1 - Dear Son, 11 yo
J2 - Dear Son, 9 yo
J3 - Dear Son, 7 yo
J4 - Dear Daughter, 5 yo
NN - Nana, joining us halfway through the trip in Maui
GP - Grandpa, joining us with Nana
Itinerary
Day 0 - Last day of school, pick up kids, head to airport fly from Dallas to LA. Stay 1 night
Day 1 - LAX to Honolulu. Check - in Aulani
Day 2 - Aulani Pool Day - Cabana
Day 3 - Me/DW Spa Morning - Pool - Photo session - Character Dinner
Day 4 - Explore Oahu - Pearl Harbor
Day 5 - Aulani Pool/Beach Day
Day 6 - Check-out Aulani - Fly to Maui - Check-in Grand Wailea
Day 7 - Grand Wailea Pool Day - Luau
Day 8 - Molokini Snorkel Tour - Lahaina
Day 9 - Grand Wailea Beach/Pool Day
Day 10 - Beach Pool Day
Day 11 - Beach Lahaina - Red eye back to Dallas
This was a big trip many months (maybe years) in planning. J1 has wanted to go to Hawaii for vacation dating back to when we lived in San Diego, when the travel would have been much easier. Timing and finances just worked better now, and we knew a trip this far was going to require some saving and some planning.
Hope you enjoy this series of trip reports. I am writing this as the trip goes. I’m an early bird, and with the time change I am up very early, so taking advantage of the living room and typing this up as I go. Don’t know that I will post while we’re on vacation, but going to try and document daily.
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