You Wanna Go Where Everybody Knows Your Name

The time has come, at last, to turn our faces back to home and the reality that awaits us there. So we rose this morning and straightened up the condo before heading out to breakfast. After eating our fill, we took aim at Sealodge Beach. We had attempted this hike earlier in the week, but […]

What We Saw Where the Sea Meets the Land

We made it back to Kauai last night and today began with another early morning, as we had booked a tour of the Napali Coast by sea. We arrived at the office at 7:15, and at the beach before 8 am. It was already a lovely morning. The winds had shifted and the sun was […]

The Post Where I Am At A Loss

410 am. Yup — that’s when we got up so we could get to the airport and catch our first-morning flight to Honolulu and on to Hilo. That was painfully early, yet we did it. At the airport there was some confusion with D’s boarding pass because the Hawaiian Airlines app isn’t well developed. This […]

Yes, Yet Another Waterfall

We woke this morning in our new condo. We had arrived late last night and didn’t have much chance to get the lay of the land. Switching condos is our fault, really. We had delayed making decisions about this trip and at the end had to decide among a limited number of options on where […]

The Post In Which We Meet the Guru at the Top of the Mountain

OK, it’s official – I’m whining. I know I’ve said it once, but I’m going to say it again: it’s cold here. The weather forecast showing a high of 70 and a low of 66 is simply deceptive, because the wind howling off of the ocean just to the north of our condo is chilly, […]

Getting Oriented to the North Shore

First thing in the morning, we were up and out on the patio lanai and looking out to the north and the Pacific Ocean less than 100 feet away. There, where the grass ends, the edge of this little island drops away precariously to the surf below. A low rhythmic rumbling drifts up to us […]