Tuesday was a relatively low activity day for us in Kona. It was our last full day on the Big Island, so we took it a bit easy, heading up to Holualoa to visit a couple of artist galleries and a hand-made ukulele shop. We also made a quick trip to Costco where, for $3, …
This morning, we got up bright and early for a 5-hour, 3-site snorkeling bonanza. We went with Sea Quest, flying across the water in their rigid-hull inflatable rafts. These provided for a quite speedy and bumpy ride, which I loved and for which Steve prepared with a few doses of motion sickness meds. We started …
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At the risk of starting to sound like a Christmas Carol, on the third day in Hawaii, we headed over to the Hilo side of the island for a day of ziplining. We’ve done this once before, but it was several years ago on Kauai. A lot of new companies have popped up in the …
The big activity for our second day in Hawaii was scheduled for the evening, so we had a few hours and decided to drive up to North Kohala for a visit to the newly opened Hawaii Wildlife Center. I wasn’t expecting much to be there yet, but wanted to support it and check out their …
It’s been a good long while since this blog hosted anything other than dead cat memorials and since Steve and I have been able to take a vacation. Those things, by the way, go hand-in-hand. But we have finally been able to get away for a much-anticipated, and long-delayed, Hawaiian vacation. I didn’t do TOO …
Today we headed out to the Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park for a special hike. We have been to the park a few times before and, unless there is an active lava flow, we don’t really need to see all of the craters and sulphur vents again. But there are still several hikes that sound interesting …
Today we did some of the things we were originally going to do yesterday afternoon. The change in plans does mean that our bike ride out to the green sand beach at South Point will have to wait until our next trip, but I suppose it’s good to have something to look forward to. We …
Okay, well I was wrong yesterday when I said that the 2 hour time difference made getting up early feel not early at all. If you don’t sleep well the night before, getting up at 5:00 feels early no matter how you cut it. This morning we headed out early for our 7:00 whale watching …
This morning we got up relatively early to head out on our drive to the Hilo area. I really love the 2-hour time difference we have when we go to Hawaii. It makes getting up early feel not early at all. We had already seen most of the sights along the upper road on previous …
My general policy is not to publish blog entries about a vacation while we are on vacation; it just seems too much like an invitation for mischief. Besides, selecting and sizing the pictures takes a bit of time. Steve and I have just returned from a 2-week vacation in Hawaii. I wrote blog entries while …
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