Hawaii Vacation- Last Notable Mentions

About one mile from our hotel there is a GIANT shopping center. Mom's electric scooter had a range of 20 miles on a full charge so off we went. The scooter was hard to keep up with when she switched it up from "turtle" mode. It turned out that the entire center was very high end merchandise so the shops themselves weren't that interesting to our trio. We went into a few shops but mostly we walked and window shopped. We had a nice lunch in the food court. S and I had smoothies. Mine was a kale, apple, lemon and ginger; a winner! And, coincidentally, a green drink (B comment - bet you thought she forgot!).

 Mom found a really nice chicken soup.

It's a well-known fact of life. Food just seems to be expensive at resort restaurants. If the resort is on an island, the price jumps further. This place certainly kept to the same standard. Fortunately on the resort grounds there were several small mini-markets in addition to a very close self-serve mini-cafeteria. However, our most frequented place turned out to be CJ's New York Style Deli. A huge menu, more reasonable prices and the food was good. This is 1/8 of the full menu. Something for everyone. The staff was really friendly here, too. The only issue with this place was the location. It wasn't far to go but it was pretty well hidden back in a corner.  It did take us quite a while to find it the first time we went hunting.After that, piece of cake! And yes, they had cake on the menu.



We all arranged transportation to the hotel and back to the airport. This is a shot of the actual van my mom and S were in just before the van drove away taking them to the airport.

I departed about 6 hours later. Here's a shot of one of the airports I visited on my return trip.

Pretty Hawaiian fabrics.