Lessons

Miranda:

• Apple TV FTW. I recommended she bring it almost at the last minute, and because we had so much downtime between Ava’s naps she got good use of it.
• She should have brought her laptop.
• Always bring more charging cables than have devices
• Bring re-usable bags. We brought one, but it wasn’t nearly enough.
• Bring a couple pieces of tupperware for leftovers.
• Less clothes and toys for Ava, because we ended up buying stuff there – easily enticed by local wares.

Craig:

• My PJ pants aren’t necessary – gym shorts are fine PJs.
• Check dive watch battery. It didn’t have any power for my first dive so it was useless.
• I need to bring at least 3 usb cables – 2 for my stuff and 1 for the car.
• Don’t forget toothbrush charger. Annoyingly, this one is the larger of the 2 small-USB standard plugs. 🙁
• Having my laptop was amazing.
• Don’t need to bring 2 books…or even 1 book… I play games or write or edit photos, particularly with the laptop with me.
• Also with the laptop, didn’t use tablet at all. 🙁 Maybe on the flight still though.
• I want a snorkel compass. I’ve wanted one for years, and I tried to find one while in Hale’iwa but it didn’t work out. I want to navigate and make a little map of underwater places.
• Just 1 “nice” shirt. I brought 2 but only wore one. I was a little embarrassed by my Hawaiian shirt when I packed it, but ultimately didn’t feel that when I wore it.
• 4 tank tops. I brought 3, needed a fourth.
• Bring the meat thermometer! I bought a $6 cheap one so I could cook meat without worrying.
• 3 weeks is about when we lost our steam. Even with the reduced pace with Ava, we were pretty burnt out after that!

And that’s it for Hawaii #5. Thanks for reading, and I’ll catch ya’ll next vacation!