Hawaii Day 4

February 23, 2022

Wednesday morning we headed straight to the Aloha Flea Market. 

Lisa really wanted us to get matching Hawaiian outfits but we spent a very long time looking for a dress she was happy with. She finally found a dress she liked and then we also bought matching shirts.

Once we had our matching outfits we headed to Bishops Museum. We could have spent all day in that place but we had to pick and choose what we checked out because we had to head home to get ready for our big Luau.

I figured Bishops museum was named after some Catholic bishop but as it turns out it is named after the husband of the last living descendant of King Kam.

Bernice Pauahi Pākī was the last legal heir to the Kamihamaha dynasty and so inherited everything. She decided she wanted to use this wealth to educate her people so that is what she did. She founded several schools but when she died her husband, Charles Reed Bishop built this museum to house the many artifacts she had inherited. It was beautiful and very informative.

We spent a good part of the day there but finally headed out to our big Luau we had planned. We should have headed out a bit sooner because we underestimated the Honolulu rush hour. Of course, our little detour to Leonida’s to pick up a couple of Malasada’s didn’t help either.

A Malasada is a Portuguese pastry with a delicious filling. I would have picked up several except we were on our way to a Luau.

The Luau was everything they had billed it to be. They served everything, pork, beef, chicken and salmon and I had some of everything. I even went back for seconds even though I was completely stuffed.

Several of Lisa’s colleagues happened to be in Hawaii at the same time as us. I guess that shouldn’t be a surprise since it was Poway’s spring break. We decided to try and hook up with them for the Luau. Do you like Lisa’s new Hawaiian dress that she bought. The lady in the middle is Mandy Osbourn and the one of the right is  Liz something or other. Lisa Leavitt is the pretty girl on the left. The show was also very exciting. 

 

It was a lot of fun and it was late before we got left. The Osbourns had their son there because he works for NOA and lives in Hawaii. I had a good visit with him before the show but once the show started it was pretty difficult to have a conversation due to the noise. The is too bad because Liz’s husband seemed like a nice guy but I couldn’t get to know him since they arrived late and we couldn’t really talk. It was late before the show ended and everyone cleared out fast. I think we were the last ones to leave the place but we still had little time to visit.