Saturday - return to civilization

We checked out of the condo at 9:30 and went for a last breakfast at our favorite breakfast place, Kountry Style Kitchen. The traffic through Kapa'a was almost as bad as the night before, so I am thinking that weekends always get crazy here. We stopped off at Snorkel Bob's and found that the gal forgot to look for my snorkel gear under the dumpster, and we found that it was all still there. (Ahhh... island life.)
The traffic ate up whatever extra time we had, so we headed straight for the airport, and checked our luggage in for the trip back through Honolulu and (we hope) ending up in Minneapolis.
After filling up the tank (and lowering the top on my Mustang convertible one last time, I dropped off the car at the rental place.
The flight back to Honolulu was delayed due to bad weather in Oahu, so I feared that we might miss our connecting non-stop flight to Minneapolis, but it seemed that all flights were delayed a bit, so we made it with time to spare.
The wide-body aircraft was a pleasure after all the single-aisle aircraft we have flown. The in-flight entertainment was a treat... video screens built-in to the seatbacks provided games, music and many movies (0ver 20) from which to choose.
We departed at 6:00 pm local time (11 pm Minneapolis) and were scheduled to land at 5:30 am in Minneapolis. My hopes of catching some sleep were never fulfilled. I got maybe 15-20 minutes shut-eye... as did Kyle and Rosie.
When we arrived home this morning around 6:30 am, I was toast. I headed straight for bed and slept 4 hours uninterrupted. Hopefully, that nap plus tonight's 'early to bed' plan, will help us get adjusted to going back to school and work. We retrieved Roscoe from our neighbor's (the Carlson's) who gladly take Roscoe whenever we decide to go out of town. We truly appreciate the lova and care they give him... he is also always a happy dog when we return, too. He is a very, lucky dog!
Well, this concludes the Hawaiian vacation blog for spring break 2009. It was an awesome week, and we know that Kauai is a magical place and one we all want to go visit again.
Thanks for reading along. I hope it was somewhat enjoyable for you to follow along on our dream vacation as we experienced the sights and sounds of the beautiful Hawaiian culture; and as I contributed heavily to the Hawaiian revenue stream.
See ya!
Tom