Hawaii Part 3 – Activities on the Cheap

See Hawaii Part 1 and Hawaii Part 2 At the end of our first full day, we found one of those activity kiosks that has pictures of ziplines, helicopters, boats, snorkeling, luaus, ATVs…just about everything you could possibly want to do, provided you have the money. And just like everything else in Hawaii, those types [...]

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Hawaii Part 2

See Part 1 here. Alright, so picking back up where we left off…we had booked our flight and hotel. The next thing to plan: activities. When traveling to a new place, it’s always a good idea to plan the sites and activities you want to do ahead of time. When heading to a beach destination, [...]

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Hawaii Part 1

Before I begin, let me just acknowledge the fact that vacation recap posts of other people’s vacations aren’t really fun to read. I know this. The only time I like reading about other people’s trips is when their post can help me plan my own trip in some way. So I’m going to try to do [...]

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Happy Birthiversary!

I haven’t transferred the vacay photos to the ‘puter yet but a recap post will be coming soon, promise! But I couldn’t let April 7 go by without acknowledging two very special moments in our life. The first is the day we closed on our first house exactly four years ago today – April 7, 2006. [...]

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Beach Bumming

I know I’ve been a little absent lately, but I think you’ll forgive me when you see my excuse(s). 3rd photo – view from our room at the Kauai Marriott. 2nd photo – Waimea Canyon, the Grand Canyon of the Pacific. 1st photo – the NaPali Coast, as seen from our sunset boat cruise, complete [...]

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