Time to Travel!

 Nothing like getting up early to head to the airport.  Actually it was not that bad.  Our flight was at 8:00 AM and our Uber pick-up was at 6:00.  We got up at 5:00 and had a pretty easy time of it getting to the airport.  Once there, check-in was fine.  The small hiccup was that the inbound flight was a bit late, so we had about a 20 minute delay in boarding.  

Now it's time for a break.  We had a good breakfast and are about to put our seats back and see if we can get some sleep!

and off we go!

and who can resist a Mai Tai at 8:30 AM?

The flight was smooth and about 11 hours total.  We got a 30 minute delay in taking off as the incoming flight was late.  We won't elaborate here, but the strangest part of the experience was a sad, but totally whacky lady that was sitting across from us in row 1.  It ended up that she had dementia........and was a total mess.  She was obviously uncomfortable with the travel and groaned, moaned and cried continuously during the flight.  She was traveling with her husband, who could not walk and seemed partially paralyzed, as well as a nurse.  The stress level was extraordinary.  She also was continuously trying to get out of her seat, being restrained by her nurse.  At one point her screaming got so bad that the nurse forced some type of liquid medication down her throat........and she slept for the last two hours of the flight.......only to awake as we were 5 minutes for landing and was screaming that she needed to go to the bathroom.  The flight attendants held her down as long as possible and then had to get themselves seated.  While she tried to get out of her seat during landing, she could not seem to undue her seatbelt.  Quite the experience

RITZ-CARLTON  AT TURTLE BAY - VIEW FROM OUR ROOM

THE ADULT HOT TUB IS THE "PLACE TO BE!"

THIS LOBBY BAR IS AMAZING!