Flights

LIH to LAX to STL

 

Summer Vacation 2018 - Hawaii

(created Sun. July 29, 2018; updated Sun. Aug. 19, 2018)





The flights home


Family Photos


Photos of Airplanes


Photos from Airplanes





We have captured “heading home” photos for several years - one final family photo, usually captured on the balcony, taken just before we check out and get into the car to drive off.  This is that photo from Kauai.





We checked out of our room at the Marriott Kauai Lagoons Kalanipu’u at 11am, but our flight home wasn’t until 10pm.  So we left our bags at the front desk and spent the day in the Activity Center and at the pool.


We enjoyed sushi for dinner at Sushi Katsu and then drove to the airport.







The plane from Lihue to Los Angeles was an Airbus 320, which thankfully had some extra open seats, so we could stretch while we slept.






This image is a four-second time-lapsed image created during our take-off using the Slow Shutter Cam app (as noted on SmartPhone Cameras).




It was a 4.5 hour flight and we arrived just before sunrise in LA.


Abby captured these images as we woke up.






The flight landed heading east from the ocean toward land, straight onto the runway... no “u-turn” over the suburbs as often happens... apparently flights landing before 6am get that flight path.













We had a three-hour layover.


I walked around with Matt and then with Abby.  Abby and I ventured through the entire International Terminal, which was mostly empty as the international flights are mostly arriving and departing mid-day. 





We did see this very tall video screen, with the galaxy / nebula images.





Our plane from LAX to STL was an Airbus 319, which was returning right back to LAX after we deplaned.





Our landing in St. Louis was from the east, which requires “a u-turn” over mid-city... the pilot thankfully “tipped the wing” for a brief second, letting me me capture this photo of SLUH / St. Louis University High School, where Matt attends, and the St. Louis Science Center, and Forest Park.  Nice!





This image is a four-second time-lapsed image created using the Slow Shutter Cam app (as noted on SmartPhone Cameras).



Home in STL!

















Links to the rest of this travel journal:


  1. 1)Highlights

  2. 2)Highlights - Big Island

  3. 3)Highlights - Oahu

  4. 4)Highlights - Kauai


  5. 5)Hawaii Geography


  6. 6)Flights - STL / St. Louis to KOA / Kona


  1. 7)Kona - Kailua

  2. 8)Kona - Painted Church and Place of Refuge

  3. 9)Kona - Coffee


  1. 10)Ka Lae / South Point and Punalu’u / Black Beach

  2. 11)Kona - Outrigger Canoe and Snorkeling

  3. 12)Moku Nui Lava Boat Tour

  4. 13)Lava Boat Videos

  5. 14)Drive, Hilo to Kona on Hw 19



  6. 15)Flight - KOA / Kona to HNL / Honolulu

  7. 16)Oahu - Chinatown and Diamond Head

  8. 17)Oahu - Dole Plantation Maze and Polynesian Cultural Center

  9. 18)Oahu - Hanauma Bay

  10. 19)Oahu - Hanauma Bay Videos



  11. 20)Flight - HNL / Honolulu to LIH / Lihue, Kauai

  12. 21)Kauai Churches

  13. 22)Kauai - Na Pali Catamaran

  14. 23)Kauai - Na Pali Videos

  15. 24)Kauai - fun in the resort and at Kalapaki Beach

  16. 25)Flight - LIH / Lihue, Kauai to STL / St. Louis



  17. 26)SLUH in HI



  18. 27)Hawaii Revealed

  19. 28)Postcards

  20. 29)Reviews



  21. 30)Hawaii 2000

  22. 31)Hawaii 2000 - Maui

  23. 32)Hawaii 2000 - Oahu