Life giveth and life taketh away. Today was definitely a giveth kind if day.

This morning the nagging tug of jet lag gifted me with awakedness before the sun's rays could kiss the land and sea with its photonic embrace. Normally this would be an unwelcome experience but the silver lining was metaphorically in play and I was gifted with a Hawaiian sunrise. 

Seeing the sunrise is often a sign that your day is not really starting out how you wanted but in this case, I gave my rousing a pass.  The sunrise was a wonderful way to start the day and really the weekend in paradise out right. Also, it enabled me to get the day started off promptly and get a few images of our hotel before the current denizens could populate the public area. 

Speaking of the hotel, it's stunning. More on that later.