I'm not saying it's Laurel's fault ...

... but just last night, Laurel was suggesting that instead of going to our usual Xmas destination of Oahu, we instead venture to the Big Island's Kona area. Then today, only minutes after we had priced out some options, finding them excessively expensive, a 6.6 earthquake struck the area. Fortunately, so far they think no one died in the quakes, so we can't feel too bad about hoping that maybe the rates will go down a bit to attract tourists back ...