-
Mont Tremblant – Don’t Overlook the Great Cross Country Skiing Here
Usually you don’t leave your home base because the weather’s too good, but that was the case yesterday as we decided to go in search of winter. All of our snow was melted by the torrential rains of the past few days. The temperatures were close to record breaking, but there wasn’t much you could […]
-
Pu’uhonua O Honaunau – Visiting Hawaii’s Place of Refuge
This is the final post of more than two dozen from a trip to the four major Hawaiian islands that Alison and I and friends took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we visited Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and marvelled at the Big Island’s […]
-
Kilauea Crater – Crown Jewel of Hawaiian Volcanoes N.P.
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a trip 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 Maui’s Mount Haleakala National Park which features a dormant volcano. In this post […]
-
ATVers Cannot Exist on Trails with Walkers, Bikers and X-Country Skiers
This was the first post I ever wrote on my Maritime Explorer website. Since then it has been followed by almost five hundred more from eight provinces, nineteen states and thirty-three countries. It was kind of disappointing that my first post on the Maritime Explorer was a negative one, because the vast majority of subsequent […]
-
Molokini and Turtle Town – Snorkelling Maui’s Most Famous Dive Sites
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a trip Alison and I and friends took to the four main Hawaiian islands a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we did some exploring in the Ioa Valley and saw where King Kamehameha defeated […]
-
Maui – Touring the Ioa Valley Where Kamehameha Conquered the Island
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a trip to Hawaii’s four main islands that Alison and I took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. On the two previous days we had played golf at the Royal Kannapali course and the Kapalua Plantation course, so […]
-
The Plantation Course at Kapalua – You Must Play it at Least Once
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a trip Alison and I took to the four main Hawaiian islands a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. Yesterday we played the Royal Kaanapali Golf Course where the Legends of Golf tournament was held which was a great […]
-
Kaanapali Golf Course – Play Where the Legends of Golf Played
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a trip Alison and I took a few years ago to the four main islands of Hawaii. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post I explained why we chose to stay at Kaanapali Plantation condos rather than a much […]
-
Kaanapali Plantation – Rent a Reasonable Place in Maui
This is one of a continuing series of posts on a visit to Hawaii’s four main islands that Alison and I took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we spent our final day on Oahu, playing the Palmer course at Turtle Bay Resort. In […]
From the road
-
April 20th, 2023
I’ve had a bad case of writer’s block since getting back from Southeast Asia, but I did finish this post on the fan… https://t.co/HoJjP4jeha
-
April 12th, 2023
One of the main reasons to visit the Galapagos is to see the giant tortoises. This latest post explains where you c… https://t.co/mQ8PWha8j3
-
April 11th, 2023
Spring is very late this year so it’s nice to see the crocuses finally show up. https://t.co/7HD6wvsEJ6
-
April 9th, 2023
Sunday morning is a good time to reflect back on another Sunday in Reading, England which I wrote about here:… https://t.co/EJ4Is2NSqz