• Hawaii - Traveling Along, We're Adventurers

    We Took PacWhale Eco-Adventures Sunset Dinner Cruise

    Still recovering from the end of vacation on Maui, but I wanted to say how much we enjoyed a dinner cruise/sunset whale watch last Friday night. No, I did not take this picture, the sneaky cheeky whales were a little farther away. But dinner, catered by Threes, was delicious. The featured whale tail image was taken with a Canon Rebel off Kauai 12 years ago.   ”Go with the Experts on Maui’s #1 Rated Whale Watch and Snorkel Cruises. Support Ocean Research, Education and Conservation | Book your Cruise today!”   Link: PacWhale Eco-Adventures | Maui’s Most Awarded Ecotour

  • Hawaii - Traveling Along, We're Adventurers

    We Took PacWhale Eco-Adventures Sunset Dinner Cruise

    Still recovering from the end of vacation on Maui, but I wanted to say how much we enjoyed a dinner cruise/sunset whale watch last Friday night. No, I did not take this picture, the sneaky cheeky whales were a little farther away. But dinner, catered by Threes, was delicious. The featured whale tail image was taken with a Canon Rebel off Kauai 12 years ago.   ”Go with the Experts on Maui’s #1 Rated Whale Watch and Snorkel Cruises. Support Ocean Research, Education and Conservation | Book your Cruise today!”   Link: PacWhale Eco-Adventures | Maui’s Most Awarded Ecotour

  • London

    Remembrance

    I’ve been remembering a lot of things today and in the days since the Queen’s passing, and today being the anniversary of 9/11, remembering that, too. The British are very, very good at remembering things. We’re… not but there are some memorials that we do well. Pearl Harbor is one. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is another. Some of the 9/11 memorials are meaningful to me personally (as I’m in travel, today always brings back memories of the terrible days of silence in the skies above Chicagoland during the nationwide ground hold). In November 2010, David and I took…

  • Hawaii - Traveling Along, We're Adventurers

    Maui: Sun And Fun Finally

    More vacation meanderings – again, this post will go live about the time we return. Wednesday, 19FEB 2014 The tradewinds dropped the last couple of days, and today, finally, it dawned clear and sunny. After some essential sitting-around-the-condo-drinking-coffee time, we packed ourselves up and went a few miles north to Kapalua Bay to snorkel for the first time this trip. I own a snorkeling guide and also found a copy of Maui Revealed in the bookshelves, so was able to identify a good first snorkel spot quickly. We’ve been to Kapalua before, and although there’s a parking lot it usually…

  • Hawaii - Traveling Along, We're Adventurers

    Maui: Sun And Fun Finally

    More vacation meanderings – again, this post will go live about the time we return. Wednesday, 19FEB 2014 The tradewinds dropped the last couple of days, and today, finally, it dawned clear and sunny. After some essential sitting-around-the-condo-drinking-coffee time, we packed ourselves up and went a few miles north to Kapalua Bay to snorkel for the first time this trip. I own a snorkeling guide and also found a copy of Maui Revealed in the bookshelves, so was able to identify a good first snorkel spot quickly. We’ve been to Kapalua before, and although there’s a parking lot it usually…

  • Hawaii - Traveling Along, We're Adventurers

    Maui: Beginnings

    By the time this post goes live, we’ll be home, or almost home. On most trips, I start out declaring that I’m going to blog often and keep up to date, and then I fall off after about 2 days and never post Part II or whatever. Mostly this is because we get busier the later it gets in the trip, and partly it’s because David doesn’t think it’s a good idea to blog about not being home, because burglars or something (as if they read my blog, everyone knows my only readers are me, my sister, and a bunch…

  • Hawaii - Traveling Along, We're Adventurers

    Maui: Beginnings

    By the time this post goes live, we’ll be home, or almost home. On most trips, I start out declaring that I’m going to blog often and keep up to date, and then I fall off after about 2 days and never post Part II or whatever. Mostly this is because we get busier the later it gets in the trip, and partly it’s because David doesn’t think it’s a good idea to blog about not being home, because burglars or something (as if they read my blog, everyone knows my only readers are me, my sister, and a bunch…