TOP FIVE TUESDAY!!!! YAAAYYYY!!!

Top Five Things I Liked About Hawaii
1. It was warm.
2. We could go lie down on a beach and not have to pay a beach fee.
3. Driving a convertible on a beautiful 80 degree day.
4. Spending time with muh wife... especially looking at strange animals and eating strange food and sharing ice cream.
5. It wasn't here.

Top Five Things I Disliked About Our Trip to Hawaii The Most
1. Everything was so far away from each other.
2. I was so sick for 4 days of it that I didn't get to enjoy it to the maximum.
3. There was a 7.5 hour layover on the ride home. We left the hotel at noon on Wednesday and arrived at home at 3 pm on Thursday. That's a long time.
4. That plane ride was absolutely obscene. I still haven't separated the rest of the trip quality wise from the obscene plane ride.
5. It wasn't here... as living out of a suitcase can actually get tiresome.

Top Five Things that Surprised Me About Hawaii
1. Spam is everywhere. I heard that Spam was prevalent in Hawaii... but it was everywhere!!!
2. The fruit that I don't really like in New JErsey like papaya and pineapple really does taste different over there.
3. We stopped at a Jack in the Box. We don't have those on the west coast... and dangit... how much do I like the sourdough burgers?????? Jacks, I mean.
4. They have this dish called kalua pork. Holy crap... I could live on that!!
5. The birds were so unique. We saw one bird that looked so beautiful..with a white head and then what looked like a black mask across the eyes. Very cool and unique.

Top Five Places We Went to in Hawaii
1. Volcanoes National Park -- Walking on lava that flowed just a year or so ago is pretty cool. It sounds like you are walking on broken glass.
2. Pululo Lookout -- This is a two parter. We went to the lookout to see what it was like. It turned out that it was a place where the road came to an end. We then walked down a cliff for an hour and arrived at a black sand beach that was closed off. Gorgeous. After we made it back tot he car, we stopped for lunch at a place that was pretty much some guy's house with a small storefront and ate lunch from stuff he pulled out of his refrigerator.
3. The Zoo -- We had about 3 hours to kill in Waikiki until our plane took off so we went to the zoo. It was a lot better than we expected. Heck, anytime you can pet dead animal parts... it is a winner.
4. The Beach -- Need I say more about being able to go to a beach in February?
5. Scenic Overlooks -- We tried to stop at these whenever we could. Some were much better than others... but we stopped at one for a beautiful sunrise.

Top Five Reasons As to Why the Plane Rides Sucked
1. Ladder 49
2. The Grudge
3. The Food was bad.
4. 11.5 hours and 9 hours
5. 7.5 hour layover on the flight back.