Another present for Ogii: a clutch with pineapples.
All packed up.
And at the airport, in front of a painting of a full moon.
The real full moon.
By the airplane.
Leaving Kona.
Sunrise over the old volcanoes.
Arriving in Oahu.
The cruise ship is arriving, too.
Landing.
Aloha Air Cargo has a bright green tail.
All of the Hawaiian planes.
I love the open space in the middle of the Honolulu airport.
Now we have to take the Wiki Wiki shuttle to terminal 3.
A pretty painting.
And another.
Info on it.
More.
Here's wait the shuttle would pick us up. We waited a bit, but it didn't come. Maybe it would be faster to walk? It's only 20 minutes that way.
Nope. As we were walking, we got passed by this shuttle.
And this one. Definitely should have waited.
But it's a pretty easy walk.
By some plumeria trees.
It's interesting how the brick has fallen down, revealing the stairs.
Almost there.
By one of our favorite murals.
And at terminal 3.
With the smaller planes.
I like that Mokulele logo looks like a plumeria.
Fun pictures of locations they travel to.
Wait, that door has a sign with the word "lounge" on it.
I never knew there was an air-conditioned lounge here.
With power outlets. Although it's so nice outside, we stayed out there.
Two flights leaving at the same time. Don't get in the wrong line.
Or get on the wrong plane.
Sun rays.
Getting instructions from the pilot.
Some helicopters taking off.
Now our turn.
The other side of the mural.
A very industrial area.
Harbor.
Mokauea Fishing Village.
Honolulu and The Pride of America.
Closer.
From above.
Neat waves.
Straight down.
Interesting color difference.
Kewalo Basin Harbor.
Magic Island and Ala Wai Harbor.
Closer.
Our old place.
Waikiki and Kapahulu.
Kaimana Beach.
Diamond Head.
Closer.
With more of the city.
Me getting pictues.
Hanauma Bay.
The southeast side of the island.
And rainbow and shadow of the plane in the coulds.
The plane with a circular rainbow around it.
Molokai.
Lanai just south of it.
Steep cliffs on the southern side of the island.
I wonder what that is.
Dirt roads.
Landed.
Welcome to Lanai.
Hunters can no longer take animal heads on the flights.
Interesting art.
Another piece.
Wooden whale.
Poster of exotic fruit from the Big Island.
I love the Lanai Air logo.
There are no major car rental companies here, so we rented from Lanai Cheap Jeeps. Jim was nice enought o drop it off at the airport so we didn't have to take a shuttle in to town. Although we weren't sure if this one was ours.
Looking inside, we saw the company name, so I think this is it.
It was unlocked with the keys under the floor mat.
A nice map of the island.
Which lists all of the major sights.
Leaving the airport.
A tree barely hanging on.
Our first stop was the Lanai Cat Sanctuary, only a few miles away from the airport.
A fun sign on the way there.
Another.
And another.
We arrived right as they were opening.
Photo in front.
Ogii about to enter the main area.
The cats are waiting.
They gave us a little bag of food to feed the cats.
Although they had tons of food scattered around in bowls, so they mostly came to us if they wanted to be petted.
Some info.
Many cat houses.
And some tall platforms.
So they can look down on us.
Ogii underneath.
Petting.
Sitting.
This enclosure is for cats from Lahaina after the fire.
More pets.
More houses.
Feeding.
Some of the cats weren't as social and hid from us.
Although most wanted to be petted.
Or fed.
More over here.
Ogii petting the cat.
The cat petting Ogii.
Many platforms.
A central prep station.
There weren't too many other people there today.
Kapuna Center for old cats.
Ogii petting two at once.
This one is a bit curious.
It has very long whiskers.
Me feeding one.
This guy is looking at us through the fence.
I guess we missed feeding him when we were over there.
Ogii can still feed him from here, though.
Kittens at the entrance.
So tiny.
Holding them.
Another enclosure.
Swarmed.
Sleepy.
From her perspective.
A few more pets here.
Then onto the next area.
They're ready for us.
A surfboard swing.
So many.
Tail bombing.
Very pretty.
Me feeding one.
Many waiting for Ogii.
Sitting on the bench.
Ogii's holding one.
Are they all going to take a turn?
Lots of food.
In a house.
On top of a house.
Napping.
There were even a few more enclosures, but we were catted out by now.