Technical difficulties

The first technical issue is that this is technically not the cicada River rinners as Joseph is not with us and we are not running any rivers. I hope you will forgive that but it was easy and folks have the link so it works. 

We departed Asheville 3/26/16 at 6 AM. Flew to Chicago. They have that lovely underground tunnel to concourse C with the neon lights and soothing music. We got a healthy dose of that by walking laps during our layover. 

Second technical difficulty occurred once boarded on our flight to LAX. we were de-boarded when the door latch failed. Kudos to United for having us re-boarded and flying 90 min later. 

 

Third technical difficulty was then the flight from LAX to Hilo, Hawaii ran over the tow bar and we had to go back for an inspection by maintenance. 

Hilo outdoor baggage claim. 

Fourth technical difficulty was when the 4 wheel jeep we rented completely failed to change gears or into and out of 4 wheel drive. But since this was also both complicated and new to us it was confusing and a bit stressful. We ended up with an upgrade to a Ford F-150 and that was nice. 

We arrived at our hotel 25 hours after we left home and the final technical difficulty there was no one here show us our sleeping quarters. But after a few calls including one to w guy in China we worked it out. 

All of it was well worth it. We landed in a tropical paradise meditation retreat center in a screened in room with ocean breeze, and sunrise over the pacific - but Moreno that in a later post. 

View from our room.