Long day of travel

We got up at 3 AM for a 6 AM flight on Alaska Airlines from O'hare to Seattle. Dylan got up and drove us to the airport. It was cold enough to have the wings de-iced, which delayed our take-off a little bit, but otherwise the flight was uneventful. We were only about 10 minutes late getting into Seattle, which considering we had a 3 hour layover, was not a problem. We grabbed breakfast at The Village Pub in the airport. The waitress was the first person to comment on how much she liked Deb's nails (I'm going to try to keep count for the trip). Pretty good breakfast burrito, pretty bad coffee for me. We then went to the gate and waited for flight #2 of the day. The weather here was very rainy and dreary, so one Seattle stereotype was coming true. Another uneventful, long flight and we're in Hawaii! Picked up the car at Alamo and the toughest thing was getting the bluetooth to work in the Prius. We got to choose our car from any mid-size and Deb wanted the Prius because that's one of the cars she drives for the township, but this one is sportier and smaller than the one she drives. I talked to Kendal and turned down his offer to watch his HS fotball team play for the state title. We were hungry and traffic was a mess leaving the airport. So we thought we'd grab dinner nearby and eat while the traffice died down. Kendal mentioned Zippy's which is a local chain, kinda like the Hawaiian In and Out or White Castle. We were hoping for something a little nice and Google showed Tradewinds nearby with good reviews. So we headed that way. Only problem is it's on the Air Force base and we had to turn around at the gate since we didn't have military ID. We asked the guard where we could eat and he just mentioned the standard fast food places. So Zippy's here we come. We stopped at the nearest one, just to escape the LA-level traffic. It turned out to be in a fairly shady area (homeless guy living in he parking lot). Also, the food was not great, edible, but very dry, chicken. While eating I hit the sleep wall and was pretty out of it from this point on. So Deb continued the drive to the hotel. Thankfully traffic did clear up and it was a much better drive. The hotel is nice and we finally got to our room, about 20 hours after getting up in Chicago. They had fireworks on the beach at 7:45, which was right as we were opening our suitcases. Unfortunately all we could see was some smoke, but we could hear them. Not a big loss. As I said, I was wiped so we went to bed prety early.