more and larger images here. On our final day in San Diego we visited the Midway Museum. It was very similar to our experience during Fleet Week in NYC three years ago (on the same day). The Midway has many different helicopters and planes crammed onto the surface. We had the opportunity (this was unique […]
La Jolla
more and higher res photos here. On Sunday we headed to La Jolla for a pre-purchased kayaking + snorkeling tour of the La Jolla coastal caves. Unfortunately neither of us had slept that well because the AC unit in our hotel room made a jarring noise (a lot like a phone vibrating on a desk) every […]
San Diego day 1
more and higher res photos here. For memorial day weekend Sam and I decided to take a trip to San Diego. We first stopped in Newport Beach for a whale watching cruise. It turned out to be an unusually cold and rainy (as in it’s not usually cold or rainy at all) day in Newport. […]
Sammy in the Sky
more and higher res photos here. Saturday was Sam’s birthday. She chose to have Korean BBQ for lunch and we noticed that there IS a Zion Market in LA, so we stocked up on Asian snacks. Next we headed to Torrance for a flying “lesson.” Really what they did is explained how everything works and […]
Visits
As usual when there aren’t any posts here for a few months it means there is quite a bit going on in real life. Our home has hosted four guests in a span of about five weeks for a total of maybe 14 days. So, we’ve spent a lot of time hanging out with our […]
Honolulu layover
(more and higher resolution photos here) A week before we’d left for Hawaii Go! airlines had cancelled our original flight from Lihue to Honolulu (to connect with our flight in Honolulu to Los Angeles). So, we had to book an earlier flight out of Lihue, which, by the way, is a place where all time stops, […]
Sunset on vacation
(more and higher resolution photos here) On Saturday, our last full day in Kauai, we decided to spend our time seeing the sights on the east side of the island. After watching a bit of the sunrise at the cliffs we started our day at the Menehune “fish pond.” I’m not sure if the […]
waimea
(more and higher resolution photos here) On Friday it was raining, so much so that there were flood warnings, so we decided to drive to the other side of the Island to check out waimea canyon, hoping it would be dry when we got there. As we drove through the look-outs it was still raining a […]
To Lihue
(more and higher resolution photos here) On Thursday we ate breakfast at HiBlend Cafe before heading to the airport to take our short hop flight to Kauai. On Kauai we got an upgrade to a Nissan Altima. We first drove down the coast to visit Poipu beach. People were leaping off the cliff (after much […]
Dole
(more and higher resolution photos here) On Wednesday we ate breakfast at a little coffee shop before heading north to the Dole Plantation. We ate “dole-whip” (the same pineapple ice cream cones we had at Leonard’s, but double the price) while riding the Pineapple express. No that is not a euphemism, we actually rode a train […]