Here's my final thoughts of the apps I downloaded for the Hawaii trip: My TSA: so helpful in deciding where to pack things I bought and changing planes so many times Airbnb: helped me keep track of the 3 places I stayed at, plus made communicating with the hosts easyAllTrails: shows the length of trails …
Month: August 2019
Things I’m glad I brought to Hawaii
I really chose Hawaii because it was just so darn cheap with Southwest releasing their new flights to the islands. $50 inter-island plane tickets also were a helping deciding factor: a cheap way to see more of the state. Here's some things I'm so glad I had on hand: My PackTowel brand travel towel-it packs …
What a Way to End Hawaii!
08/12/2019 Wriggling out of my sleeping bag, I woke up to the peace and tranquility of the birds at the campsite. As I freshened up, I realized we had only one more overnight stay in this state before we flew back home. So sad! My daughter’s words at the Fairmount Orchid Resort last night kept …
Hawaiian Historical Sites and an Escape into the Night…
08/11/2019The sound of church bells woke me up and reminded me that it was Sunday...oh no, already? The days are slipping away. The bells were from a church right across the street. As we left the building for the day, the church doors were open and a woman was singing her heart out. We went …
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Hilo and a Luau
08/10/2019 It rained all night but the singing birds were pleasant to wake up to in the morning. Oh yeah, the sun rises before 0600 AM here! So I woke up early and made reservations in the west side of the island in Waimea for a luau, about an hour away. I also found a …
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park-Day 2
08/09/2019 I woke up to a slightly damp sleeping bag...don’t worry guys, it rained last night. The rainfly doesn’t cover the entire tent, and the inside edges of my tent got wet, and so did the bag since it was pressed against it. However, I’m glad a bought the footprint for the tent, because the …
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park – Day 1
08/08/2019I woke up to an early sunrise and first thing I did was check the weather; it was supposed to rain this afternoon. So rather than pitching the tent in the soaked ground or worse, in the rain itself, I pitched it in the morning before we left to go visit the park. It's $25 …
Traveling to Kona, Hawaii
08/07/2019 A 0600 AM wake up for us because I was paranoid about oversleeping and missing the flight. On the drive to the airport, we listened to a local radio station where they were talking about a “tarantula wasp” that stung a woman in Maui that paralyzed her in minutes. I’m really glad we didn’t …
Lahaina > Road to Hana
08/06/2019A bit of a late start this morning due to sleeping in on the nice comfy bed at Lahaina Inn. Breakfast time! Right across the Inn sitting on the water is a place called Cheeseburger in Paradise, and it indeed feels like paradise eating a traditional meal of eggs, hash browns, toast, and fluffy macadamia …
Maui > Haleakalā National Park > Paia
08/04/2019Time to fly to Maui and off to the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu. Our Airbnb host was kind enough to give us a ride and a goodbye hug too! I felt like I had made real friends here in Hawaii. First thing I notice is that check in lines are a nightmare …
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