We arrived back at the Hilton for our last night at around 3:00. The girls were excited to get checked in and head down to the pool. Well…our room wasn’t ready, but it was worth the wait. When I checked us in, I was told that we received a free upgrade for the night. We would be in a suite, with much more space and a clear, ocean view. We had had partial ocean view, King room with a pullout sofa for our first visit. It wouldn’t be ready for about 45 minutes. Carleigh was not happy with that, she was dying to go swimming, but oh well….
We got our key and WOW!! I think this is where the rich people stay!! It was a huge main room with dining area, living area, two big screen tv’s and a separate master suite with a king bed. The bathroom alone had a separate toilet room, separate shower room and a huge bathtub with his and hers sinks – and a lightswitch for each area.
We were still trying to figure out why we got this room, and figured that since we were there for only one night, they probably put us here instead of a cheaper room that they could book for a week or so. It was nice to live like the rich and famous for about 20 hours.
After getting settled we headed down to the poolside BBQ they were doing for the fourth and some swimming.
We then “forced” the girls to put on their Hawaiian dresses and pose for the standard pics. They weren’t thrilled, but Don’s comment, “Mommy planned this great trip for us, and she wants to take your pictures in your new dresses so you should probably do that,” worked great and guilted them into doing the photo shoot. Once they got into it, they had a ball.
Then we found fireworks in the front of the hotel. There was a show in a nearby marketplace that we could see from the hotel. A great night!
We woke up and found the breakfast buffet. We hadn’t done that before, and good thing, because it was VERY expensive…but good. And I knew the girls needed a good meal for our plane ride that afternoon.
Then back to water sports for one last adventure before showering and heading to the airport. Katie and Don did a two person kayak and Carleigh opted for snorkeling alone in the lagoon to see what she could find.
Success by all and then off to the airport.
Up, up and away!! San Fransisco here we come!
On our way out of Hawaiian airspace our pilot tells us that we are flying over the Haleakala crater on Maui. What a neat way to totally end our Hawaiian adventure. We started with Haleakala 12 days ago, and ended with it today!!
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