An Unexpected Staycation

Will had a colleague on island this week and she had planned to stay the weekend in Waikiki. She stayed one night, and was then invited to spend the weekend on the North Shore. She was only able to receive a refund for Saturday night, so she offered for us to stay in the room on Friday and enjoy a little staycation. We were so excited to have the opportunity to stay at The Modern Honolulu. Will surprised me after we went out to dinner with his colleagues on Thursday night, so I didn't have any time to pack before Friday after work! Luckily Will was done early with work on Friday too, and as soon as I was done I came right home, packed up a couple things, and we were on our way to Waikiki!

View of the upper adult pool and lower pool from our room.

We arrived with plenty of sunlight left to enjoy, so we took a dip in the pool, watched the sunset, and had a little snack and drinks while we watched the Friday night fireworks from our table at the poolside restaurant. Then we went for a little walk around the harbor area before retreating for the night.

We woke up to breakfast in bed that we ordered the night before.

This little guy came and joined us : )

We went down to the lower pool for a dip, and it quickly filled up with kids, so we went upstairs to the adults only pool : )  The bartender even brought out a TV so we could catch the last of the Golden State Warriors playoff game! As the game ended, grey clouds filled the sky and the rain started to fall. We waited it out a bit but it seemed like it was going to stick around for a while. We went up to the room, showered, and started to get our things together. Right as we were packing our bags and about to go home, the sun came out, the clouds cleared up, and the sky was bright blue! We quickly changed our plans, took our suitcase down to the desk to have them hold on to it, and we spent the entire afternoon lounging poolside. It was an absolutely perfect staycation!