It’s official, I am retired. Well technically my retirement date is not until June 30th, but between vacation days, yesterday ended up being my actual last day of work after 31 years with the same employer. When we started planning this year’s birthday trip, we looked at many options including a driving trip through Switzerland….
Flights home from Maui are usually late in the evening, but most accommodations require checkout by noon. That leaves you with almost a full day—and your luggage—to deal with. Over the years, we’ve found the best solution is to pay for a half day at the condo. That way, we can leave our luggage behind…
With our vacation beginning to wind down, we took our time getting up this morning and enjoyed breakfast out on the lanai. Afterward, most of us headed down to the beach in front of the condo. The morning was perfectly relaxed, filled with knitting, reading, and even a bit of napping. After lunch at the…
Because we’re in the “bonus round” of our vacation, we took our time getting up this morning. Since we had missed our reservations for sunrise at Haleakala, we decided to head up the mountain anyway—just during the day instead. Our first stop was the town of Makawao, located on the slopes of Haleakala. Makawao is…
Today was supposed to be our last day on Maui—but luckily for us, our stay has been extended until Thursday. For our “last” day, Karen and I booked a 7:10 a.m. two-hour whale-watching tour with Ultimate Whale Watch. Darlene had enjoyed Friday’s trip so much that she decided to join us again. Even though we…