Hawaii Day 6 & 7

We got up and decided that we needed to finish doing everything we hadn't done yet. So first we went to see the flamingos. They were standing on one leg grooming themselves and bathing. We took pics of things that I wanted to make sure we got but hadn't yet- including my favorite- the Japanese tea house w/ coi pond and lily pads. It's incredible.
We made our way to the waterfall pool on the other side of the resort. It's lava rock everywhere. There is a hot tub under the waterfalls and a water slide on the far end. We went down a few times. Eric saved a little old Japanese lady who came down the slide and couldn't catch her footing. He jumped right in and pulled her up. It was pretty exciting. She was very grateful and embarrassed. We laid out trying to build our tan for a while- and then...it's started raining...hard. So we headed to the cafe for a Hawaiian pizza lunch. We headed back to the room to pack up and end our fantastic journey. We had a very late checkout (6:00), and so we checked our bags in at the valet. We took a tram to the shopping center and had dinner at our favorite little sushi bar there. Did a little last minute shopping and then came back. Picked up our bags and took our taxi to the airport.
The Kona airport is all outdoor it is unlike any other airport I have ever been to. Our flight didn't leave until 11:45pm Hawaii time. We flew all night to Phoenix. And then to Salt Lake, arriving about 1:00pm Utah time. Our limo was there to pick us up and take us home. We were very excited to pick up the kids from school. They looked older! We had a fabulous time but we were definitely ready to come home. Now Eric leaves for Fukuoka, Japan for a few days for work. So it's business as usual. Sigh. Can't wait to go back!