We’re Ready for Molokai

[slip]

The countdown has finally started for our vacation to Molokai. We had everything planned for the first two weeks of May but the virus and the Hawaii quarantine delayed us. The inter-island quarantine was lifted 6-16-20 so we decided to wait a little bit and we are flying to Molokai on 6-27-20.

We had to change our flights with Mokulele but that went easy with no fee attached to the change. One thing that did come about during the COVID era, Makani Kai Air and Mokulele have combined into one company so Hawaiian and Mokulele are the only two choices for flights to Molokai now.

One of the changes for flights is that you have to wear a mask. They will also take your temperature and fill out a form. I put the link below for the form. Let me know if you have any issues with the link, it has changed once already. If it doesn’t work, I will add an attachment.

https://health.hawaii.gov/travel/files/2020/06/hawaii_state_traveler_health_form.pdf

We set up a shuttle to pick us up at the airport. Then we will just use our car and take a shuttle back to the airport. We haven’t been there since the end of January so as long as the car starts we’ll be good.

We are really looking forward to this trip. Can’t wait to enjoy the lanai and do some grilling by the pool. This is the first time we are going to bring some groceries. We don’t have much luggage and I get free bags with Mokulele so we will bring some items with us.

We will be there for 16 days and my birthday is on the 28th so we will be going to Hiro’s for dinner that night. I’ll be posting some pictures along the way, so you can follow along if you like.

I am hoping we can see some fireworks from Maui on July 4th. We can see Maui from our lanai so we’ll see.

 

[DaveNV]

What a nice vacation you have planned. I hope it is as enjoyable as it sounds like it will be. On your birthday I'll be flying back from Las Vegas to Washington state to complete the last round of my move to Nevada. So even though I won't be on Molokai to celebrate with you - I'll be there in spirit. Enjoy your time off, my friend You have earned every minute of it.

Dave

 

[Luanne]

Jeff I'm sure you and your wife will be glad to get home for awhile.

 

[Passepartout]

You will come to enjoy having a second home to go to. We find it comforting in these times when the traditional forms of getaways have been taken from us. It would be more convenient if you could just drive to it but of course I get the difficulty there.

Y'know, Jeff, it isn't THAT expensive to learn to fly.

Enjoy your vacation!

Jim

 

[luv_maui]

So will there be fireworks on Maui? I’ll be thinking of you as I look towards Molokai. Sounds like a nice finally get away. Haven’t visited Molokai but noticed there is 1 timeshare that comes up periodically there. Hope you have a fantastic birthday!

 

[slip]

So will there be fireworks on Maui? I’ll be thinking of you as I look towards Molokai. Sounds like a nice finally get away. Haven’t visited Molokai but noticed there is 1 timeshare that comes up periodically there. Hope you have a fantastic birthday!

I don't think there will be any sponsored fireworks but I was thinking I may see some that locals will be firing off. There was a lot that on Oahu on New Years.

I have been by the timeshares on Molokai but have never stayed at one. We have stayed at Molokai Shores. They are condo units but we now stay at our condo at WaveCrest. Ke Nani Kai is the timeshare that usually comes up for trades and that is on the west side of the island.

You are getting close now so I hope you are able to have a long enjoyable stay!!

 

[slip]

Jeff I'm sure you and your wife will be glad to get home for awhile.

Exactly!

My wife has had a small bout of Vertigo but she is really looking forward to using her lanai. It’s amazing how much time she spends out there. we eat all our meals out there unless we are eating out.

Not a lot planned but I will post some pictures along the way.

 

[slip]

You will come to enjoy having a second home to go to. We find it comforting in these times when the traditional forms of getaways have been taken from us. It would be more convenient if you could just drive to it but of course I get the difficulty there.

Y'know, Jeff, it isn't THAT expensive to learn to fly.

Enjoy your vacation!

Jim

No flying lessons for me. I’ll leave that to the pros.

We have learned that being over here is very convenient for us to use the condo more than we did before. So far it has worked great.

Like you said, it is nice to just go to a comfortable place.

 

[slip]

What a nice vacation you have planned. I hope it is as enjoyable as it sounds like it will be. On your birthday I'll be flying back from Las Vegas to Washington state to complete the last round of my move to Nevada. So even though I won't be on Molokai to celebrate with you - I'll be there in spirit. Enjoy your time off, my friend You have earned every minute of it.

Dave

Keep us updated on that move. I know you’ve done it a ton of times but they are each a little different. When is going to be your first day in Nevada to stay?

 

[Tamaradarann]

The countdown has finally started for our vacation to Molokai. We had everything planned for the first two weeks of May but the virus and the Hawaii quarantine delayed us. The inter-island quarantine was lifted 6-16-20 so we decided to wait a little bit and we are flying to Molokai on 6-27-20.

We had to change our flights with Mokulele but that went easy with no fee attached to the change. One thing that did come about during the COVID era, Makani Kai Air and Mokulele have combined into one company so Hawaiian and Mokulele are the only two choices for flights to Molokai now.

One of the changes for flights is that you have to wear a mask. They will also take your temperature and fill out a form. I put the link below for the form. Let me know if you have any issues with the link, it has changed once already. If it doesn’t work, I will add an attachment.

https://health.hawaii.gov/travel/files/2020/06/hawaii_state_traveler_health_form.pdf

We set up a shuttle to pick us up at the airport. Then we will just use our car and take a shuttle back to the airport. We haven’t been there since the end of January so as long as the car starts we’ll be good.

We are really looking forward to this trip. Can’t wait to enjoy the lanai and do some grilling by the pool. This is the first time we are going to bring some groceries. We don’t have much luggage and I get free bags with Mokulele so we will bring some items with us.

We will be there for 16 days and my birthday is on the 28th so we will be going to Hiro’s for dinner that night. I’ll be posting some pictures along the way, so you can follow along if you like.

I am hoping we can see some fireworks from Maui on July 4th. We can see Maui from our lanai so we’ll see.

Enjoy your time on Molokai. I seems like the perfect safe place to vacation.

 

[turkel]

So glad to hear you can truly celebrate your Birthday! And get som R&R. Enjoy!

 

[Luanne]

@slip I'm interested to hear from you how Molokai has been weathering the whole shut down and quarantine. I don't get the feeling they rely heavily on tourism, but maybe I'm wrong.

 

[slip]

@slip I'm interested to hear from you how Molokai has been weathering the whole shut down and quarantine. I don't get the feeling they rely heavily on tourism, but maybe I'm wrong.

I know there are some businesses that do rely on tourism, local rental car company, snorkel and boat tours. They even have land tours and bicycle rentals, not to mention the restaurants that benefit also.

I know the vacation rentals has been hard but there and they changed the guidelines for house rentals so there are a lot of houses there in the market since they can’t rent them anymore.

I hope to be able to talk to some of the people we know there but with this going on, I won’t know until we get there how people are dealing with everything.

We did have to go with a local shuttle service instead of the taxi this time. The taxi hasn’t officially opened back up. It is only available for medical emergencies right now. It’s fine with me, I may stick with using the shuttle and helping that business out too.

I post anything I find while I’m there.

 

[slip]

So glad to hear you can truly celebrate your Birthday! And get som R&R. Enjoy!

Not that it really matters to me but my birthday does fall on Sunday this year and Hiro’s is only open for dine in on Friday, Saturday and Sunday so it worked out nice.

First time I get to celebrate my birthday on Hawaii. We always came in May and it was Mother Day and my wife’s birthday.

 

[Luanne]

Not that it really matters to me but my birthday does fall on Sunday this year and Hiro’s is only open for dine in on Friday, Saturday and Sunday so it worked out nice.

First time I get to celebrate my birthday on Hawaii. We always came in May and it was Mother Day and my wife’s birthday.

It's nice to celebrate special occasions on Hawaii. We've celebrated several Father's Days, our older dd's 21st birthday (that was a fun one ) and several of our anniversaries. The anniversary dinner the last few years has been at Gannon's in Wailea.

 

[slip]

A friend of mine here at work took me to lunch today here on Oahu. It’s amazing how many places there are to eat here. Anyway we tried the Oxtail Stew and it was awesome. My wife likes Oxtails so I got an order for her for her dinner tonight.

This place is one of those markets that sells everything and they had a huge deli type case with plate lunch items.

 

[slip]

It's nice to celebrate special occasions on Hawaii. We've celebrated several Father's Days, our older dd's 21st birthday (that was a fun one ) and several of our anniversaries. The anniversary dinner the last few years has been at Gannon's in Wailea.

We have done our anniversary a few times. It mostly it has been my wife’s birthday and Mother’s Day. My wife never wanted to go to Hawaii much in the summer since it was nice in Wisconsin.

I’m looking forward to it though. my kids will call on Father’s Day and my Birthday so that is always good. Most of all, just the break from work will be great.

 

[Luanne]

We have done our anniversary a few times. It mostly it has been my wife’s birthday and Mother’s Day. My wife never wanted to go to Hawaii much in the summer since it was nice in Wisconsin.

I’m looking forward to it though. my kids will call on Father’s Day and my Birthday so that is always good. Most of all, just the break from work will be great.

We went during the summer since that's when our dds had the time. We had a fixed week at Maui Hill so we'd go there. We finally started trying out other islands when our fixed week dates didn't work any longer. It was the end of August into the beginning of September. When we bought it school didn't start until after Labor Day. Then, the school schedule got switched and they started earlier. So we started trading for other islands. Since we lived on the west coast of California it was easy for us to get to Hawaii.

 

[slip]

We went during the summer since that's when our dds had the time. We had a fixed week at Maui Hill so we'd go there. We finally started trying out other islands when our fixed week dates didn't work any longer. It was the end of August into the beginning of September. When we bought it school didn't start until after Labor Day. Then, the school schedule got switched and they started earlier. So we started trading for other islands. Since we lived on the west coast of California it was easy for us to get to Hawaii.

Never had the luxury of it being close.

Once we decided we wanted to see if we wanted to live there, we started taking our trips during different months. We made it to all the months except the summer months and we were going to try them when I got my transfer. No regrets so far.

 

[DaveNV]

Keep us updated on that move. I know you’ve done it a ton of times but they are each a little different. When is going to be your first day in Nevada to stay?

I expect to be landed for good by July 4th. Then starts the 'Gee, I wonder what's in THIS box?' Surprise Party. We have a LOT of boxes.

Dave

 

[slip]

I expect to be landed for good by July 4th. Then starts the 'Gee, I wonder what's in THIS box?' Surprise Party. We have a LOT of boxes.

Dave

That’s not far away, your just about there.

That surprise party with the boxes is just like Christmas.

 

[slip]

Here’s a little video my work put together to just spread the word of Aloha.

Some pictures were taken pre-Covid so no social distancing. My wife and I at on at 1:18.

I thought they did a pretty good job with it.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/y8dqnc1gtkhkmy5/Video Jun 16, 4 04 53 PM.mov?dl=0

 

[luv_maui]

Here’s a little video my work put together to just spread the word of Aloha.

Some pictures were taken pre-Covid so. I social distancing. My wife and I at on at 1:18.

I thought they did a pretty good job with it.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/y8dqnc1gtkhkmy5/Video Jun 16, 4 04 53 PM.mov?dl=0

Very nice video. I like the full definition of aloha at the end. Great Fun video!,

 

[DaveNV]

Nice job, Jeff. Your wife looks so much happier than in previous times in the Islands. I wonder why?

Dave

 

[Passepartout]

I expect to be landed for good by July 4th. Then starts the 'Gee, I wonder what's in THIS box?' Surprise Party. We have a LOT of boxes.

Dave

(Hint) write the contents on the box while you remember what's in them. Saves tons of time later. At least write which room they came from.