Blazing hot today. But…
Signs of autumn. Coming. Not soon enough.
I’m working on getting my Halloween-to-Christmas-Eve trip mostly nailed down. I have lodging from October 31 until December 18. I’m not spending Christmas at The Asylum. I did that during COVID, and when I become frail or infirm, I may have to do it again—but not yet.
So, what to do with that extra week? And where? ChatGPT suggested Tokyo. I wasn’t taking that suggestion seriously until I found a cheap fare from Honolulu to Tokyo with six stops and one plane change. What’s not to love? You all know me: I’ll go to an island where the big attraction is dead whales and the little attraction is McKay’s Bunting. Of course I’d take that flight. You have to go all the way to Tokyo to get the cheap fare. I spent $16 for a 14-day fare lock—a sort of cooling-off period for the Old Bat.