Gemini Rising

50 State Travel Blog - Cruisin for Coffee & Poke in Hawaii

Welp, there’s only 2 ways to get to Hawaii – Fly or take a Cruise Ship. So SandraLynn parked the Party Bus at the Port of Los Angeles and we hopped on the next cruise ship to Hawaii. We kenneled the pets except Peachy and were off. It took 5 days, but it was 5 days of fun. We karaoke’d, shared drinks, hung out in the jacuzzi, ate dinner at the fancy restaurants and watched the sunsets on the main deck. I did a lot of reading about Hawaii.

When we got off the Cruise ship, the weather was mild, the breeze was cool, and there they were roasting a pig on the beach! First stop was the Kilauea Volcano. Let me tell you, it was just as scary as the Colorado Bridge. It rumbled and spit up some lava. Princess Megan Rose wanted to leave. Sung'manitu told us if we took the lava rocks from the volcano that the Hawaiian god, Pele would curse us so we left the rocks right where they sat!

Krista heard that Hawaii had the BEST Kona coffee so we went to a coffee shop and tried some. I was hooked! It was wicked smooth and smelled wonderful. AmyJo-Downhill slide begins! pigged out on the Macadamia nuts.

Lyn's a Witchy Woman arranged for us to take a jeep tour of the island. We passed more volcanos, saw workers harvesting coffee beans and macadamia nuts, and even passed a Sea Turtle center. Princess Megan Rose had us stop and we hung out with the sea turtles. They were bigger than the turtles in Georgia.

Lyn's a Witchy Woman was having a poke craving so stopped in this place that Guy Fieri went to in Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives and pigged out on the poke.



On the way back to cruise ship, I told the party gang that Hawaii used to be part of the mythical continent of Lemuria. No one believed me. Go figure. They all thought I had too many Mai Tai’s.

Back at the terminal we shopped for souvenirs. Krista put all her pictures on Instagram. Richard ~ Looking for Luck! and Jellyfish bought a lot of stickers and decorated their Nalgene bottles. I bought a ton of coffee and mailed it home. The gang bought t-shirts, keychains and WakeUpAndLive bought 25 postcards. SandraLynn was missing the Party Bus and bought an Hawaiian Christmas Bus ornament to hang off the rearview mirror.