Hawaii

  • Wa’akaulua, honu, napo’l ‘ana o ka la (canoe, turtle, sunset)

    Last year when Karen and I were here, we paddled with the Kihei Canoe Club.  We had such a good time that we wanted to do it again.  We decided to paddle this time with the Mana’olana Pink Paddlers out of the Maui Canoe Club.  The Pink Paddlers are a non profit Hawaiian outrigger paddling…

  • Happy Birthday Karen

    Today is my birthday, so I’ll be writing the blog, while Dorothy takes a break. This is my 55th birthday, 9th trip to Hawaii, and 25 years since my first vacation here. Guess you could say that I really love it here! The day started early, watching the sunrise, and opening birthday gifts. We made…

  • Beach bums

    Since the last two days have been somewhat early mornings, we decided that a bit of a sleep in was in order.  After we got moving, we decided that we should hit a beach today.   We picked up lunch from 808 Deli on our way to Makena Beach which is also known as Big…

  • Beautiful drive

    We got an early start this morning because we were doing the road to Hana.  Hana is approximately 52 miles from Kahului but it takes over three hours to get there.  This is because there are over 600 curves, 59 bridges with many of them being one lane and lots of interesting places to stop….

  • Cows in the dark

    Today we had lots of things planned.  We first started our day with fresh warm malasadas from Sugar Beach Bake Shop which Paula picked up after church.  I will definitely be going back to check out the other baked goods that they have. Next up was a trip to Lahaina to check out the craft…