Countdown to Hawaii check...
 

22 more days for me- yippee! (anyone else who can't wait- post your countdown!)

138 days! It seems like an eternity...

103 days to North Shore of Kauai

11 days to New Orleans! Thanks to everyone for their replies to my questions and posts!

38 Days till Maui / Kauai!............

134 days to Hawaii!!!!<BR><BR>Kal how many?

27 more days to Kauai and Oahu!!

196 days till Hawaii.

40 days till my wedding, 42 days till hawaii!

Only 5 more days till that wonderful 12 hour flight that will eventually land me in Maui! Then 18 wonderful days on Maui, the Big Island and Oahu.<BR><BR>Aloha!

Only 76 more days to Kauai,Big Island, and Maui. I am psyched!

We're on our way to the happy place, the happy Plaaaaaaaaaaaace!!!

31 days for us.<BR><BR>By the way Kal, I am jealous. You have this countdown yearly. We can't afford to go every year. I always enjoy reading your posts though. Kauai is my favorite too.<BR><BR>Cathy

15 days for me. Oahu and then Maui.

Alohaaa all,<BR>242! <BR>I just talked to my TA last Friday and she's checking into flights from SMF to Lihue on Hawaiian (thanks for the heads up, Suuuuuz).<BR><BR>While we REALLY loved the non-stop from SFO to LIH we took last year, if we could fly from Sac "International", a 20 min. drive thru the rice fields for us, to Hon then to Lihue, it would be da kine! <BR><BR>Makes for a short ride home after tacking on only an addtl. 30-45 mins to the flight. <BR>Now, if we have to go SMF to LAX or SFO to HON to LIH...<BR>"faggeddabout it"!<BR>I can taste the mai tais/Kona Brew Pale Ale at the Sand Bar already.<BR><BR>Not to mention the garlic buttered crust at BOP on the way back from a picnic sinset at Polihale! Do I smell Coppertone SPF#30+ ???<BR>STOP IT!!!!<BR>Ahhhh...I feel better now.<BR><BR>JOAN-September, right?<BR>CATHY-We keep a very low overhead, save like packrats, work our butts off, use up my birthday (Dec. baby-lucky me), Christmas presents to each other and do not have any kids so we've been pretty lucky so far....Knock on koa wood! ;^D<BR>Can't wait to see what Jay T tinks about the golf courses on K and to see if he's still married!<BR>Now, time to start my countdown to Chicago, New Orleans and....?<BR>Many mahalos,<BR>Kal

Kal,<BR><BR>Gave my DH the choices for a fall getaway to Maui. Either Hawaiian outta SMF and HON or Aloha outta OAK direct. Regardless of the small diff in price when you add $$ the required overnight in OAK due to early am departure he says hands down SMF. That short jaunt home is the clincher.<BR><BR>Maybe 150 days till Maui!

18 more days to go till Oahu and Maui. Woohooooo!

12 days to Kauai. Having been to French Polynesia several times, this is our first trip to Kauai. Can't wait!

Suuuuz, With the weather we're having here, I'm ready to go NOW!!! Brrrr.<BR><BR>Beachbum, Let me know your thoughts on the comparison w/ Fr. Poly and Kauai. Eveytime we want to plan a trip to Tahiti, Moorea, BBora, we can't get past Hawaii. We were thinking Midway this year but heard they may have shut down the regular airline service to it and would have to turboprop it. No thanks.<BR>Kal

146 days till the wedding! 147 days to Kauai and Maui! Woo-hoo! :)

97 days till Kauai!!!!!<BR>Still don't have my flights :-(

167 days until wedding...169 days until honeymoon in Maui! <BR><BR><BR><BR>

14 days..first vistit to Maui! then on to Oahu( been there before). Sleeping is becoming difficult.

Kal and others on the west coast....you guys are so lucky! You only have to fly half the distance/time and presumably pay only half the price for your airfare. We poor souls on the east coast have it rough. I've been home 8 days now from our 1st ever trip to paradise (aka: Hawaii) and I'm still try to get back into the swing. The jet-lag is murder coming back. But I will definitely suffer through it again (hopefully next year) since the rewards are sooooo worth it! Have a great time Kristin and others. Aloha!

What you do Lenore is break up the trip coming and going with a stop over on the west coast.... a longer stop off returning on the west coast. That will help you break in better. <BR><BR>WHO ARE YOU CALLING LUCKY. I WISH I HAD JET LAG FROM A HAWAIIAN VACATION.

Lenore,<BR><BR>We're still looking for a good deal on flights. True about number of hours being half, but then you all on the east coast can jet over to Europe more easily than we can.

So true Suzie - We also can easily go to the Bahamas, the Caribbean or the Yucatan pennisula without the long flights you'd have to endure. Another South Florida plus - We have several cruise ports nearby, so we can hop on a ship without ever geting on a plane. Wow....life IS good!!!!

Okay!! I'm jealous of all you Hawaii bound folks. Been to Hawaii 5 times in the last 7 years. But,bought a car a few weeks ago so having to settle for a cabin by DeGray Lake in Arkansas for this year. But can't wait til next year. Everyone, have a GREAT time!!

79 to Honolulu, 82 to Kauai!!

45 more minutes till my next trip to McDonald's I'll post a trip report.

Save the McDonald's trip report fry guy. We're not interested in how many Big Macs you can put away.<BR><BR>59 days to Oahu and Maui, excited for everything except the flight :( !!

3 1/2 days! Can't wait :)

46 days until I'm sitting on the beach at the Kahala Mandarin, sipping a mai tai!!! Thanks Kristin for making me count it out!<BR><BR>Kal, I've been checking the airfares from the bay area and right now it's cheaper to fly out of Sacto. We're considering driving out there for the cheaper flight ... shoe's on the other foot now, eh? <BR><BR>I'm loving all the folks getting married soon and honeymooning in Hawaii. Brings a tear to my eye remembering my wonderful Hawaiian honeymoon 11 years ago. Congratulations all you newlyweds!

S'spike,<BR>I looked the The Insect's (thx Suuuz) Travel Section yesterday and it said the cheapest fare to HON from SMF was NoWest at $700. You're not saying that fare is the cheapest are you? /:-(<BR><BR>If you do fly outta SMF, beers at the Alamar Marina are on me and Mrs K.<BR>Unless it's an a.m. flight...than it's Bloody Mary's, of course!<BR>Kal

Kal, dude, I saw $395 on either Hawaiian or Aloha, thru Expedia for June. That was last week .. I'm checking every day of course, and now it's up a bit. I'll keep you posted and take you up on your offer if we have to make the drive! Mr. Spike ;-) doesn't like the thought of getting into SMF at 11:20pm then still having the two hour drive home. So I'm still shopping, haven't developed a twitch in my eye yet!

Kal, I just got a fare of $385 from SMF to HNL on Hawaiian on their website, hawaiianair.com. Maybe you'll be there sooner than you think! I'm still hoping I can get the same out of Oakland, but wanted to clue you in asap. Good luck!

S'spike, dudette, I hear ya on the drive home. We used to get in to SFO at 10-11pm...by time we got the shuttle to the hotel and got our car it was "yawn:30"...one time we got home around 3:00am..but it was only 1:00am in Kauai!<BR><BR>We toyed w/ going over on June 22nd thru July 1st but Mrs Kal will be in Anchorage runnin' her bunz off and the logistics were too mind bogeling. Not to mention the $$$$$.<BR>Good luck on an Oaktown departure.<BR>Kal

87 more days until our trip to the Big Island and Kauai. We had a Spring snow storm here in Maine today-Hawaii seems far away... :-)

20 more days to go till Oahu!!!can't wait.....

154 or 164 days (haven't booked yet) until Kauai!!! Checking things out, making notes, saving up a lot of questions for one big annoying post in the next few months!!!:-)