Hawaii 2009: Day 11

A tale of sadness and woe, gloom and misery, yes, today we must leave (insert wailing and gnashing of teeth here).
Ah, the drudgery of packing, especially when it’s time to leave. When you are packing to go somewhere there is a certain excitement, anticipation, plus at least I always figure, if I forget something, I’ll [...]

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Hawaii 2009: Day 10

Crazy huh? Ten days. Yeah, baby.
Judy and Barb really wanted to see some of Hawai`i’s green sea turtles. L and I had seen a couple in the water at the Place of Refuge, but Barb and Judy weren’t with us that day and we hadn’t seen any the day we snorkeled. They were leaving tonight [...]

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Hawaii 2009: Day 9

(Warning: grab and sandwich, this is a long one)
Today we crossed to the other side of the island in search of volcanoes. Yep, erupting, smoke venting, steamy lava spewing volcanoes. There are several ways to get there but for our purposes the most direct route was right between Mauna Loa (on the right-south) and Mauna [...]

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Hawaii 2009: Day 8

It’s just a little decadent to admit that this is Day 8 in Hawaii and there are still three more. Oh well, someone has to do it.
Judy took L to the Harley place at 8:00. She and Barb will use the car today to go visit friends on the other side of the island. Our [...]

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Hawaii 2009: Day 7

I can’t believe it’s Friday. Even though you’re reading this on Saturday which it is according to my computer’s clock. Anyway . . .
We headed south toward Kailua-Kona for our day of snorkeling. We had somewhat randomly chosen to book with Body Glove and it turned out to be a prime choice. Even though we [...]

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Hawaii 2009: Day 6

The good news is I’m getting better at sleeping in. The bad news is I’m getting better at sleeping in. At some point I’ll have to readjust to the real world and that will be a nasty shock to the system. This was Barb and Judy’s first full day here so not wanting to overtax [...]

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Hawaii 2009: Day 5

Larry’s cousins are coming to join us today for a couple days so we are leaving the spectacular Hilton Resort and moving over to the spectacular Hilton vacation condos (which we are owners-see Day 3). Leaving here will mean that we are no longer going to be “serenaded” by the 47,693,117 Mynah birds that call [...]

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Hawaii 2009: Day 4

e’d heard there was a little place about 40 minutes from here in Waimea called the Hawaiian Style Cafe, a little hole in the wall that was a great place for breakfast so we made the trek. We had been warned that the portions were plenty for two so pick something to share. Once we [...]

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Hawaii 2009: Day 3

(I added a few pictures to the previous two posts so scroll back if you’re interested)
When we booked the trip, part of the deal was to sit through another Hilton Grand Vacations schpeel. This was our third. We bought a piece of Orlando on trip two and had no intention of buying more. In fact, [...]

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Hawaii 2009: Day 2

Simply put, nothing much happened today.
This will not stop me from writing a short novelette, but trust me, nothing much happened today and you are probably wasting 15 minutes of your life that you will never get back. You’ve been warned.
I slept in until 6:15. That’s sleeping in, you ask? Well, when you are asleep [...]

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