Posts in Category: United States
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Useppa Island – Try to Get There Once in Your Lifetime
We have been visiting Southwest Florida for over 30 years and have always chosen Sanibel Island as our place of refuge from the interminable Canadian winters. During our stays on the Sanibel we have always made a point of visiting the other barrier islands including Captiva, North Captiva, Cayo Costa and Cabbage Key. But one […]
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Hawaii Five-0 – Searching for Steve McGarrett and Wo Fat
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a visit to the four main Hawaiian islands that Alison and I took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we visited the sites of Pearl Harbor and the Bishop Museum. In keeping with the […]
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Pearl Harbor & the Bishop Museum – War and Peace in Hawaiii
This is one of a series of posts I did during and after a visit to all four of the main Hawaiian islands a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post Alison and I arrived back in Honolulu after a week in Kauai and I described […]
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Waikiki Vacations Rentals – Let Captain Cook Help You Find a Spot
This is one of a continuing series of posts I did on a visit to the four main Hawaiian islands a few years ago. They have been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we spent our final day on Kauai golfing the fabled Prince Course at Princeville and taking a kayak […]
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Kauai Helicopter Tour – Creating Memories That Will Last a Lifetime
This is one of a continuing series on a visit to the four main islands of Hawaii that Alison and I made a few years ago. The posts have been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we played our first round of golf at the beautiful Princeville Makai course, sharing it […]
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The Prince Course at Princeville – You Must Play It Once, If You Can
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a visit Alison and I made to all four of the main Hawaiian islands a few years ago. They have been updated for accuracy as of 2021. Golf was a big component of this trip and prior to this round at the Prince course we […]
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The Kalalau Trail – Hawaiian Hiking at Its Finest, Centipedes be Damned
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a trip to Hawaii’s four main islands Alison and I took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. On day three of our stay on Kauai we flew over it and on day five we were going to hike […]
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Poipu Bay Golf Course – Former Home of the PGA Grand Slam
This is another in my continuing series of posts from the four main islands of Hawaii that Alison and I took a few years ago. They have been updated for accuracy as of 2o21. In the last post we took an amazing helicopter ride over Waimea canyon, the Na Pali coast and Wailua Falls. In […]
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Diamond Head Madness – The View Makes Up for the Crowds
This is the second of twenty-five posts from a trip to the four main islands of Hawaii a few years ago. All have been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the first post I extolled the virtues of staying at Waikiki’s Pink Palace aka the Royal Hawaiian. In this one we’ll start our exploration […]