How many times have I been to Hawaii? This question has been asked of me often. It has been nine times not including this trip … November/December 1998, June 2006, December 2009, June 2013, November/December 2014, November 2016, April 2018, December 2019 and December 2023. When Karen turned thirty, she and her friend from junior…
We fly out tonight but not until 9:50pm. When we were planning out this trip, we initially thought that we would check out of the condo by 10:00am and spend the day driving around with our suitcases. In the past, we have been able to stay in the condo for a reduced fee. After some…
I can not believe that the week is almost over. We wanted to get out on the water one more time so we booked a 6:30am whale watching tour ($77 USD / person) with Ultimate Whale Watch for today. Karen and I kept wondering how we were going to see any whales since the sun…
Many posts that we have read prior to coming to Maui have said that they way tourists can help is by shopping at local stores and eating at the local restaurants. We have been doing that but we wanted to do more. Karen in her research found an organization called Hungry Heroes Hawaii. They were…
We only had one activity planned for today and that was a whale watching tour. But that was not until 1:30pm. Therefore it was a lazy morning which included sleeping in and a leisurely breakfast on the lanai. The rain was off and on all morning but that did not stop the surfers or me…