Monday, June 17- Bed Bug Scare and North Shore adventures
We got up and had a frantic first 30 minutes. My husband woke up to something crawling on his arm. He killed it and looked at it. He then woke me up by saying he might have found a bed bug. We then called the front desk, googled bed bugs, and looked at all of the sides of the mattress. We had stopped looking for signs of bed bugs and have no experience with them. My cousin had just got into Oahu and was planning on visiting that day texted me about meeting, and I was sending her pictures. She did the college program at WDW at the Contemporary and graduated with a degree in hotel management. She did not think it was a bed bug, and it if it was we would have bite marks. We searched everyone, and there were no bite marks. Our bug slightly resembled an adult bed bug. Soon some hotel staff showed up and told us it was a baby roach. She then showed us on the mattress in the creases where signs of bed bugs would be. It was gross, but I was thankful that we did not have to deal with bed bugs!
We then could eat breakfast and check out the pools. My oldest was complaining about her contacts the day before, and now her eye was red, so we had to contact our optometrist friend who suggested eye drops and hot compresses. I then went to the hotel store for eye drops. She then rested her eyes in the most beautiful setting.
We checked out the pools and water slide. The pool went to 11 feet, which was super fun.
I jumped into the 11 feet, went down the water slide, and swam under the water fall before checking on my oldest and getting ready for horseback riding.
Shortly after I came back to the room, a host came by and brought us warm, freshly baked macaroons and more glass water bottles.
My cousin who lives very close to us happened to visit her friend in Hawaii, and she and her friend came to visit us. My husband got us lunch from a local place called Seven Brothers which was described to us as being like 5 Guys. It was good. Soon my cousin was there, and we were able to visit until it was time for our horse ride at the stables on site. She stayed in our room and checked out the pool while we were gone (we gave her our room key.) My kids have always wanted to go on a horse ride, and I thought this would be an amazing ride. I am a social worker/ counselor at a school, and my kids go to equine therapy a few times a year, but I still know very little about horse riding. We were driven to the stables on a golf cart. They had water to drink while we waited. They also gave us all helmets. They then gave us all short instructions of keeping our horses in a close line and not allowing them to eat the grass which is very delicious to them. They also said that we could keep one hand on the horse, and take pictures with our other.
We started out pretty good. On our tour we saw a turtle and movie locations from Pirates of the Caribbean, Soul Surfer, the Hunger Games, and Lost.
My son's horse liked to take long pauses, so the guide had him start tapping his horse with a rope.
My horse loved the forbidden food, and I had to put my phone up for most of the ride. I could see him eyeing the tasty stuff and then getting snacks before racing to catch up. I accidentally took this picture.
The guide just kept telling me to keep him under control, and I was really trying.
Our trail ride was gorgeous!
To be continued...