Refractory Road

We finally made it to Maui, on a Hawaiian Airlines flight that was on time (now, there’s a novelty). Picked up our rental car at Thrifty. Nice folks, although we could have done without the timeshare pitch (endure this sales thing and get $100 off the car rental). Drove to the Kaanapali coast, just north of Lahaina. Checked in at […]

So, over four hours with delays in our Go! Mokulele flight. First a delay to 1pm, that became 1:30, which became 2:00, which became 3:30; at which point we had had enough. So I pulled our bag and we went to Hawaiian Airlines and bought tickets from them. Go! says the problem was a single plane with mechanical problems. This […]

Well, Go! Mokulele airlines is jacked up today. Delayed flights. Cancelled flights. We drew the cancelled flight straw. Waiting to get word on when an how we are getting to Maui.

We are off to Maui. First Lahaina, then Hana, then Wailea, then Upcountry.

In September 2010, Jen and I returned to Kauai.  This time the goal was to kayak some rivers on the north shore, in the Hanalei area.  We had five days and four nights available. KAYAKING Kayak Rental Companies We started shopping for a kayak to rent at Kayak Kauai in Hanalei.  The woman at the counter appeared to be generally […]

We went on a hike on the Keaiwa Heiau Trail, which is also called the Aiea Loop Trail.  It’s a 4-1/2 mile loop that starts and ends at a park located in Aiea Heights, at the upper end of Aiea Heights Road.  It’s a fairly easy trail, without too much up and down by Hawaii standards.  Views are limited, except for […]

On July 31, 2010, we went to Kauai for five days and four nights.  I had been to Kauai once before, but that was years before and the trip was a vague memory.  This would be Jen’s first trip to the island. The basic plan for the trip was a short hiking and camping stint in the Na Pali Coast […]

We took a quick kayak trip today.  Went from our house in Kailua, down the canal to Kailua Beach Park, and from there to Flat Island.  Returned on the same route. Diablo the Chihuahua went along.  It was his first kayak trip, and he took to it like a champ.  I think he has Viking blood (first evidence that the […]

We went diving at a location called The Fire Station near the town of Pupukea on the North Shore of Oahu.  It’s called The Fire Station because…well…it’s right next to a fire station.  It’s located right between two other well-known North Shore dive sites — Shark’s Cove and Three Tables. It’s a pretty decent shore dive.  The water is flat […]

We went for a hike on the Maunawili Trail. This trail runs about 10 miles from end-to-end — from the vicinity of the Pali Lookout, across the base of the Ko’olau Mountains on the windward (Kailua) side of the island, to the town of Waimanalo.  It also connects with the Maunawili Falls Trail, which “tees” into it about three miles […]

Today we went SCUBA diving, again…back to The Fire Station at Pupukea.  Along the way, we stopped at Malaekahana State Recreation Area to have a go at Goat Island. Goat Island is more properly called Moku’auia.  It is located just past the town of La’ie as you head toward Haleiwa along the North Shore.  At low tide, the two hundred […]

THE PLAN The centerpiece of the trip was to be Corcovado National Park on the Osa Peninsula, which is located on the southern Pacific Coast of Costa Rica.  Corcovado is considered the most remote and least visited of Costa Rica’s national parks, and is heralded for having been described by National Geographic Magazine as the planet’s most biologically diverse location, where monkeys […]