Those who frequent this blog site know that I'm from Honolulu, haven't been on any kind of trip for 27 months and today will board the Norwegian Pride of American for a one-week cruise around the Hawaiian Islands.  Oahu, Kauai and Maui are on the red alert list from the  CDC , which means our COVID case count and positivity are high.  I live at 15 Craigside where a number of staff and residents are in quarantine, including a neighboring apartment.  So maybe getting away might be safer. The Pride of America requires that anyone (including staff) boarding the ship must have a negative test within the past 48 hours.  Simple to say, but getting tested was a major challenge.  Talked to Norwegian and Costco ( through which we worked ), and no one on their staff could tell us much of anything.  Costco said talk to Norwegian.  Norwegian said talk to Costco.   After considerable badgering, Norwegian sent us to a licensee in California,  Inspired Diagnostics , and they told us that we co