Our First FULL Day in Honolulu, Hawaii! Exploring Our Military Resort | We Found A Love Tree!

Alooooooha! On our first full day in Hawaii we “slept in” according to our Eastern time zone standards. But it was actually about 6:30am! Thats probably the best part about the time difference…the day is MUCH longer when you’re waking up so early. We fit A LOT of exploring into our schedule today. It started with coffee of course down in the lobby and then we took a quick stroll around the property. We went to see the pools and admire the lush greenery all around Hale Koa Hotel. It is absolutely breathtaking! Even when it rains! Hawaii gave us our first rainbow on our way to the beach! We had a late but very lovely breakfast buffet at Koko at Kalia…the coconut syrup on the banana pancakes was HEAVEN! We also walked over to the Hilton Hawaiian Village just a few steps away from the resort and did a little shopping. Theres SO much to do and see (and eat) over there! We had to grab some ice cream at Lapperts of course before we walked back over to our section of Waikiki. On the walk back we found the LOVE tree! This tree stands just on the outside of the property lines at Hale Koa. Its hard to find so almost like a fun scavenger hunt! Its popular to take a picture with your loved one when you find it so of course we indulged in tradition. We ended the afternoon with a quick dip in the pool! Tim went down a couple slides as well…just to try them out 😉 It was a great time but wish we had MORE time to relax. However, we had to end our swim session to go get ready for the LUAU! Overall it was a fantastic day and I’m SO glad we took the first day to just casually explore the area and the grounds at Hale Koa. It was a great way to get familiar with everything they have to offer. Theres even more though to see and do so stay tuned for more videos from our trip! Thanks for watching! Mahalo!