Great day for sledding in the Columbia River Gorge town of Carson, WA last weekend. Carson received almost two feet of snow which is pretty much unprecedented now days. We were going to head further into the mountains but after talking to some locals we found this spot. This was at steep [...]
Travel day home… certainly the least favorite day of any vacation unless you’re a four year old boy who misses his toys.
We woke up at 7am Hawaii time and I went to drop off the snorkel gear as Mommy got the kids ready for breakfast. Since we packed last night we only had a few [...]
Today is our last full day on the Big Island. It also happens to be Autumn’s 11th birthday today. To celebrate Autumn and I went snorkeling at A’Bay early this morning. The water was a little murky but an abundance of turtles more than made up for it. While we were snorkeling Mommy and Aiden [...]
Today started slowly as we’re getting tired. I was up at 6am ready to snorkel but Autumn said she was too tired so we went back to bed. Aiden woke up not feeling well due to being hungry and not drinking enough fuilds. Around 10am he started feeling better so we started the trek [...]
Lacking internet at the hotel now as I refuse to pay $11/day for crap, this will be a short post about today’s activities.
Autumn and I got up at sunrise and snorkled Kahulu’u Beach Park before the crowds arrived. The water clarity was good and we spotted five different turtles feeding on the reef.
The kids [...]
There wasn’t a lot of energy to be had yesterday. This is partly why I’m writing the days events a day late. The day started out with us visiting “Magic” Sands or White Sands Beach. Aiden really want to play in “normal” sand, you know the kind, it sticks to you everywhere. [...]
Keikei Club. Krista and I decided we needed a true vacation day i.e. a day without kids while on vacation. So, thankfully, the Sheraton runs a “keikei” club for kids. The price isn’t “cheap” but it was totally worth it to be able to have a free day without kids. It [...]
Early morning as we left on a snorkel cruise at 8:00am HST. After eating bagels, bananas and coffee in our room, we left for the boat ramp which is about a 1/2 mile from our hotel, sweet. We checked for the boat trip and found out that only 4 other people would be [...]
Our first full day on the island started us off with figuring out what to do and where to go to do it. After waking up at 6:30am HST we didn’t leave the room till around 8:00am. We got a late start obviously. Then we drove to downtown Kona and drove [...]
Today was our travel day to The Big Island. The plane flights were pretty uneventful, thank goodness. Just a long day as we left for the Portland airport at 7:30am and arrived at our hotel at 6:45pm PST (3:45pm HST). That’s almost 12 hours of traveling. Not really fun. But [...]