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Big Island of Hawaii: Part 9
Shave ice is always a treat in Hawaii and the Scandinavian Shave Ice shop in Kailua Kona serves a delicious product. Following is one of my favorite photos from our trip as Marcia gets ready to dig...
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Big Island of Hawaii: Part 10
Our day started with a cruise ship floating past our condo on its way to the port in Kailua-Kona. This has occurred several times now and reminds us of how large these vessels truly are. In Big Island...
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Oahu, Hawaii
After having so much fun on the Big Island this year, I have decided to add some retrospective posts from our travels to Oahu, Maui, and Kauai in 2012. This post covers our three days on Oahu. We were...
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Maui, Hawaii: Part 1
Like my recent Oahu post, this is a retrospective post from 2012. After three days on Oahu, Marcia and I flew to Maui to meet JJ and Derek,who were coming in from the Mainland. Arriving a few hours...
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Maui, Hawaii: Part 2
One of the highlights of any trip to Maui is driving the road to Hana. About 60 miles long, the road has 620 curves and 59 bridges, 46 of which are one-lane and date from around 1910. Most of the...
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Maui, Hawaii: Part 3
Leaving Hana, we continued around the southeastern tip of Maui, encountering more beautiful waterfalls, including one that emptied into the sea. Pokowai Sea Arch lies very close to mile marker #29 on...
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Kauai, Hawaii: Part 1
With JJ and Derek back on the Mainland, Marcia and I continued our island-hopping and flew to Kauai for eight days. For the first five days, we rented a house just off Moloa’a Bay, which was a great...
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Kauai, Hawaii: Part 2
Blue Hawaiian seemed to have the best reputation among the various helicopter tour companies so we chose them for our flight around Kauai. Our pilot was quite skillful and kept us regaled with stories...
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Kayaking the Ouachita River below Remmel Dam
The Ouachita River in southwestern Arkansas is a fun river to kayak in the spring, but typically most of the river does not have enough water for summer floating. The Ouachita is the source of three...
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Buffalo National River Wanderings 2013
We had wanted to spend some time floating the Buffalo National River this spring, but our trip to the Big Island of Hawaii took up a big chunk of the best floating time (not that I’m complaining!)....
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