Travel Plans to Hawaii

[HarleyRyder]

Just a tip to those of you who plan to travel to Hawaii (Big Island) in the future. Unless you are a participant in the Ironman Triathalon Championship, do not schedule your trip the second week of October. 1900 participants with many more spectators and most of the roads in and around Kailua-Kona are closed this weekend.

Glad I made all of our reservations in February. A week before the event there were no rental cars available at any vendor unless you wanted to pay $1400- $1700/week plus tax for a Suburban or Hummer. The Hertz website would not recognize my confirmation number. I talked to the manager at Hertz when we arrived and he honored my $19/day rate and told me that everything was sold out.

We haven't seen any Heartlands. Where are you guys.

Since we can't go to town to look around, I think I'll have another mai-tai.

 

[olcoon]

Did they finally get the bridge built? Are there any PA campgrounds on the way? How about rest areas & fuel on the bridge?

 

[TandT]

We have been to Maui many times. The only "RV" I have ever seen is a Volkwagen Westfalia, They are nice to camp at the surfing beaches. Trace

 

[ChopperBill]

Did they finally get the bridge built? Are there any PA campgrounds on the way? How about rest areas & fuel on the bridge?

I think that bridge is being built according to an email I received a couple of days ago.

> > > A man on his Harley was riding along a California beach when
> > > suddenly the sky clouded above his head and, in a booming voice, God said,
> > > “ Because you have tried to be faithful to me in all ways, I will grant
> > > you one wish.”
> > >
> > >
> > > The biker pulled over and said, “ Build a bridge to Hawaii
> > > so I can ride over anytime I want.”
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > God replied, “ Your request is materialistic; think of the
> > > enormous challenges for that kind of undertaking; the supports required
> > > reaching the bottom of the Pacific and the concrete and steel it would
> > > take! I can do it, but it is hard for me to justify your desire for
> > > worldly things. Take a little more time and think of something that could
> > > possibly help mankind.”
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The biker thought about it for a long time. Finally, he said, “
> > > God, I wish that I, and all men, could understand women; I want to know
> > > how she feels inside, what she's thinking when she gives me the silent
> > > treatment, why she cries, what she means when she says nothing's wrong,
> > > why she snaps and complains when I try to help, and how I can make a woman
> > > truly happy .”
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > God replied: " You want two lanes or four on that bridge?"