A lot of people ask us where we're going on our honeymoon. The answer is (drumroll please)... the beautiful (so I've heard) island of Kauai, Hawai'i!
Why Kauai, as opposed to say, Arkansas? Oh, I don't know.
But yes, thanks to a very generous donation of a timeshare week by a certain Father of the Groom (FOTG), we were able to scrape together two plane tickets to the 49th state a week after the wedding. I, for one, have given repeated notice to my employer that upon departure, I will be ABSOLUTELY UNAVAILABLE until my return 10 days later.
And what will we do for 10 days? I plan to be very aggressive in my wearing of aloha shirts, which should not come as a surprise. I also plan to be very aggressive in lying on a beach with a tropical drink featuring a tiny umbrella, and I plan to be reaching for said drink just as soon as I finish my morning cup of Kona coffee. Maybe a suckling pig can be procured? Apart from that, I believe there are plans to take a few surfing lessons, which if all goes according to plan, will be but the precursor to quitting our jobs and becoming professional surfers, where "work" will require us to travel to Tahitian beaches.
We are also planning on hiking the Kalalau Trail, a 22 mile round trip jaunt along the Na Pali coast to Kalalau Beach. Given the length and nature of the trail, this is going to be an overnight affair, and I think, the first overnight backpacking that either of us has ever done. So that is pretty exciting, as the two of us share a great love for the outdoors, camping, and overall adventuring (see Great Divide blog). I must say that as of right now, the Kalalau Trail is what I am most looking forward to. Do you want to help us traverse the Hawaiian cliffs and back again? Check out our sweet REI gift registry, where you can help us do just that! We are planning a bunch of gnarly adventures in the next few years, so anything off this list would be an awesome wedding gift, if you're into giving gifts! And if not, that's cool too!
What else will we do? Probably a whole lot of nothing. I do recall the phrase "rent mountain bikes" has come up in conversation, and I know there is somewhere an artfully prepared piece of mahi mahi waiting for me to eat it. Cruise around in our rental jeep?* The last day we're hopping an early morning flight to Honolulu to check out Waikiki and all that other fun stuff, so I guess we'll do that too!
According to the FOTG, Kauai is also infested with wild chickens, so maybe we'll hang out with them?
So yes, does this answer people's questions about the customary post-wedding trip commonly known as a "honeymoon"? If you have any other questions, comments, or concerns, drop us a line at aaron.kate.lifetimecontract@gmail.com.
*Are you sick of buying people "stuff" for their weddings? Does consumer culture just chap you out? Check out our travel registry, where you can rid yourself of the slick commercialism and "stuff" that so clutters modern America, and help us share in some experiences instead!
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