2006-oct. 30:  Arrival day!

This seemed like a short flight to Hawaii!  Usually I'm flying to Hawaii from St. Louis---with 2 or 3 connections.  This time I was flying from Portland, Oregon, non-stop with my Dad, after spending a few days there with him.  We did have a 1 1/2 hour drive to the airport from Dallas, Oregon, but the flight was only about 5 1/2 hours.  .  We flew from PDX to use his companion flight coupon on Hawaiian Airlines for getting a Hawaiian Airlines credit card. We were only there a week, which wasn't nearly enough time!

We're also co-owners of a Worldmark Resorts contract with enough points for 1 week every year in a 2 bedroom unit.  So we booked Worldmark Kihei and were excited to check it out for the first time.   As luck would have it, we even managed to pick up the week (a day or 2 at a time) on bonus time for $450, so we were able to get our points back to use at another time.  

We were very happy with the resort!  Great location, roomy, air conditioned!, and comfortable. 

 Our first views of the resort.

Heading to our unit---we were in building 6---2 bedroom unit with twins in the 2nd bedroom.  

inside our unit.  Not the fanciest place, but tidy and adequate.

 The kitchen is small, but big enough for us.  We're on vacation!  Don't plan to do much cooking!

 Dad checking out our lanai.

  Dad likes having 2 beds---one for his clothes and one to sleep on, so I sacrificed and took the master bedroom.

 the small but adequate master bath.

 Dad making friends already!

 Gotta check out the pool.  It's really nice.  And Dad was happy that it has a huge hot tub.  We spent a lot of time by the pool.

Even at night!

Didn't do much else today---hit the grocery store for a few necessities, hang out at the pool and hot tub.  Great start to a great vacation.