Monday, April 14, 2025
Chuck is still congested but seems to be getting better. Several of his buddies have the same symptoms. He has been sharing our supply of DayQuil and NyQuil which is a nice thing to do. However, I started worrying that we wouldn’t have enough to get him through his bout and/or help me if I came down with it.
I suggested an Uber trip to Walmart. He agreed and after breakfast in the Lido, an Uber picked us up at the port and took us to the Walmart Supercenter.
When you walk into this Walmart, you are inundated with Hawaiian products and souvenirs. I was hooked immediately. Meds? What meds? There are macadamia nut cookies and candies and Hawaiian coffee to buy. I even talked Chuck into buying a very nice Hawaiian-made shirt.
The store was very crowded with both tourists and locals. We eventually leave the souvenir area and did buy the OTC meds we needed and a few toiletries. I was glad I had brought our own large plastic shopping bag because they charged for the regular plastic bags. I had remembered from a previous Hawaiian visit that stores charged.
Once we were back to the ship, we had a Lido lunch and then spent the rest of the nice day at the pool. The time passed quickly, and it was soon time to get ready for our Pinnacle Grill reservation.
As usual, the Pinnacle Grill did not disappoint. Chuck had the crabcakes, ribeye, and a warm chocolate stroopwafel cobbler with chocolate sauce and ice cream. I had the seafood bisque, braised beef short ribs, and chocolate ice cream. They also gave us a couple of macarons.
We almost waddled right off to bed after we finished, but we managed to rally to attend one session of the Rolling Stone lounge band. Then we waddled back to the room.
Tomorrow – Kona, Hawaii