Hawaiian Vacation....Day 8....The End

Saturday morning we took what was to be our last morning walk to breakfast.

Knowing this was my last day in the sun, I headed for the beach quickly after breakfast.  Ed and Heidi showed up on the beach and we snorkeled for a bit.  It was a fabulous morning.  We left at noon to head in the direction of the game.  We had a few things that needed to be returned, and we also grabbed lunch.  When we got to the University of Hawaii they were directing traffic away from the University parking lot and shuffling us a mile away to the high school.  We finally found where we were supposed to park and started our hike.  We missed the kick off because of the parking situation.  When we found our seats I was shocked at where Shawn had chosen.  He chose 2nd row behind the BYU bench.  In a different stadium we would have been above the players heads and able to see the field.  In this stadium, not so much.  We were almost level with the team.  It took some getting used to, but it turned out to be fine.  Shawn loved that he could see the "behind the scenes" working of the players.  We watched as a phone would ring from the offensive coordinators box up top and Riley Nelson would pick it up to hear what plays were next.  Kind of cool.  The weather was perfect.  It sprinkled rain off and on, but just enough to be refreshing, not bothersome. 

Great game.  Especially because we won!  The Hawaii fans weren't happy.  Especially the guy at the end of our row.  He scared me enough I was afraid to leave to go to the bathroom.  Luckily he left at the end of third quarter so all was well.  We stuck around for awhile watching the players interacting on the field, with fans, and family.  It was dark by the time we got back to our car.  We walked from our hotel to The Hard Rock Cafe for a late dinner.  Then headed back to the hotel along the shoreline to pack up our suitcases.  We were up until almost midnight getting it all packed.  And then we were up at 4 am to make it to the airport for an early flight.  We pulled into the Kansas City Airport at 10:30 pm Sunday night.
What a great trip.  Just blogging about this makes me nostalgic to go back.  The sun.  The warm salty air.  The sand.  The food.  And the company.  I'm so grateful for a husband willing to make my wishes come true.  Even if it all surrounded his desire to see a BYU football game.