We took a little puddle-jumper over to Maui, our last island, on Friday morning. Just a 9 seat prop-plane and we had our requisite exciting moment of a sudden drop in altitude, but that was far out-weighed by mom's squeals of joy of seeing several whales cruisin' in the waters below us. Mom twisted my … Continue reading Maui
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Big Island
Island #3! The Big Island!! And at more than 2x the size of all the other islands combined it certainly is huge, so we decided to conserve some driving time and fly into Hilo on the eastside and fly out of Kona on the west, 3 days later. Hilo once had dreams of being the … Continue reading Big Island
Kauai
view from our hotel We arrived at our hotel about 12pm but unfortunately our room was far from ready. Luckily we had the arrival day scheduled as a pool day so we dug out our bathing suits & books from the luggage in the car and plopped down on the lounge chairs for the afternoon. … Continue reading Kauai
Oahu
Our first island paradise is soon to be a memory. We've spent the first 3 nights of our vacation (from our vacation!) in Waikiki, Oahu, and now it'll be off to Kauai tomorrow. It's my first visit ever to Hawaii and mum's first in over 25 years so we planned a little sampler trip to … Continue reading Oahu
Adventure Continues: Hawaii!!
Mum and I are off to Hawaii for 2 weeks!! The first stop however, is San Diego where we will overnight tonight in advance of our morning flight to Honolulu. We whiled away this afternoon touring the grand Hotel Del Coronado, then supped on the veranda watching the sun drop into the Pacific. Ah, bliss. … Continue reading Adventure Continues: Hawaii!!
The Trip That Never Ended
We wheeled our luggage up to the deserted airport desk, thinking "great, we're so early to check-in that we've beat the crowds". Then we learned that our flight actually left an hour earlier and there weren't any empty seats to Vancouver till July 30th. But I digress... The last blog post ended with us hiking … Continue reading The Trip That Never Ended
North York Moors
One of the joys of traveling in England is just driving. The views from the little lanes and byways are just magnificent and each district truly is unique. We're definitely putting Portia to the test and we're astounded at how she's able to steer us through the most convoluted backroads to reach our destinations. Saturday … Continue reading North York Moors
Our Day in Pictures
we made up our super-duper comfy bed and tidied our private sitting room before having a gourmet breakfast (P.S. we're never coming home!) and drove out onto the moors where the wildlife posed... and posed again... before descending England's steepest road to arrive in Grosmont in time to see the Hogwart's Express (or close enuf) … Continue reading Our Day in Pictures
S & A’s little adventure…
I just liked this pic of rain spitting up from a cloud One of the trials of life on the road is Constant Change. Moving each day to a new place, trying to find one's way around town, packing and unpacking, looking for good restaurants, etc. We've solved many of these issues thru planning and … Continue reading S & A’s little adventure…
A Day in The City
Thank God for Portia (our GPS). Yesterday she faithfully steered us from the quiet calm of Bronte's Hathersage thru Sheffield's maze of city streets to our little motel on the far edge of town. With heavy traffic, bewildering road rules, non-existent street signs, and the infamous roundabouts, it was a bit of a trial. Mom … Continue reading A Day in The City
Allison’s Wanderlust 