After our epic backpacking adventure in Waipi’o Valley and Waimanu Valley on the north side of the Big Island, we weren’t sore or even very tired… just downright dirty and eager to get back to civilization to take a shower!! … Continue reading
On the fifth day of our Big Island trip, we could finally do our much-anticipated backpacking trip from Waipi’o Valley to Waimanu Valley on the Muliwai Trail! I feel guilty admitting that after we booked our Hawaii trip in April, … Continue reading
Work has been busy, busy, busy this year for hubby and me! We both still work for the same companies we got jobs with nearly six years ago when we moved to Denver. Hubby works for an engineering company in … Continue reading
Hubby mostly leaves the vacation planning up to me because he knows I like to research the mother lovin’ heck out of the places we visit in order to make a decision and his style of “planning” is more of … Continue reading
Sunday, August 20, 2017 Sunday was our last day in Hawaii. We had another island-hopper flight mid-afternoon to get to Oahu in order to catch our final flights out of Hawaii that evening, so we were on a definite time … Continue reading
Saturday, August 19, 2017 Fun fact: August 17th of our trip was actually hubby’s and my fourth year wedding anniversary. We were sharing our Hawaii trip with my brother and it felt kind of weird celebrating that day with him … Continue reading
Friday, August 18, 2017 Friday was the last day for my brother to see the sights on Kaua’i before leaving back home. Although I had really wanted to hike the Na’Pali Coast again on the Kalalau Trail, we simply didn’t … Continue reading
Thursday, August 17, 2017 I had assumed we would wake up feeling unbearably sore and tired from our previous day’s kayak trip, so I hadn’t really thought about making plans to do anything this day except perhaps relax at the … Continue reading
Wednesday, August 16, 2017 We woke up at 5 A.M. on Wednesday morning in Kaua’i and it wasn’t just another day… it wasn’t even just another day on vacation… because who decides on their vacation that they are going to … Continue reading
Tuesday, August 15, 2017 I liked Tuesday because 1) it included penguins and 2) it involved getting to my favorite island, Kaua’i. Earlier during our trip I had been playing at the beach with yet another one of the inflatable … Continue reading
Monday, August 14, 2017 Monday was our last full day in Maui and we had yet to do a hike, so this was the day to knock one off our list! I was a little worried that the only good … Continue reading
Sunday, August 13, 2017 I had never heard of the “Road to Hana” until a few weeks before our trip, a co-worker mentioned that they done this activity on their visit. Their only regret was not staying overnight in Hana … Continue reading
Saturday, August 12, 2017 I’m a’gunna just breeze right through day 3 of our trip because it was frankly, pretty darn boring in terms of activities. We got up late. Drank mimosas. Saw a rainbow. Wasted over an hour driving … Continue reading
Friday, August 11, 2017 Our second day on the island of Maui was again, not very action-packed. My older brother, Chris, had decided a few weeks out from our trip that he would join us part of the time on … Continue reading
Hubby’s dad once told us that you should always be planning your next vacation before the upcoming one is over. I don’t remember what the reasoning was behind that, but it seemed like sound advice I couldn’t disagree with! As … Continue reading
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