Where's the Excitement?

Nope...no full-body scanning for us at SeaTac. The screening lines didn't seem that long...but there were only two lines open and both lines ended up funneling through the same screener. As we waited, the TSA guy kept saying "Take everything out of your pockets...even a coin, a scrap of paper or a scrunched up tissue will be enough to trigger a pat-down search." I kept hoping somebody would yell "what about my penis ring?"


We arrived about 8:30pm on the 14th...a very uneventful flight. It could have been a flight to anywhere. I remember when a flight to Hawaii used to be exciting; people were happy to heading to vacation, flight attendants wore Hawaiian print uniform, and Hawaiian music would be playing as you boarded.

Not. Any. More.

It was all very business-like. Could have been any flight I've been on in the past year to LA. Six hours in a single-aisle plane, no food (unless you paid for their cruddy sandwich), and no movie. Oh, you could watch a movie if you rented their DigiPlayer. The DigiPlayer that costs $6 to rent on any coast-to-coast flight somehow costs $12 on a Seattle-to-Hawaii flight. The only sign of any OMG-we're-going-to-Hawaii excitement was the serving of small Mai Tai's during the final beverage service. WOW...so not impressed Alaska Airlines. Ally is flying over on Hawaiian, and she gets a full meal plus a movie.

Landed...got the car...and made it out to the condo by 9:30. Happy to find the highway to Kihei FINALLY finished, about six years later than scheduled. While have the four lane road means a quicker trip, I do miss the small town feeling of the old two lane road.

Had to shoot a photo of the sign that greets you in the Maui airport...it's not exactly the Smiling Kobe Face that greets you in LA...but I'll take it!