Jun 4, 2013 - untitled at 29

What an exciting day! Gene and Steven went fishing on the Fire Hatt boat. Yes just the two of them. They were only out about an hour when Steven hooked a marlin! He was able to reel it in. He told me his hand was cramping but he did not care. It was about 250 pounds. I do not have those pictures they are on genes camera so maybe later. Within the next hour gene hooked another marlin,about 400 pounds, but she managed to get off.;(. Steven had the time of his life that day! When they returned to port Steven was thrown in the water since he...

May 29, 2013 - Fishing and shopping today:)

Well Steven and gene are off to have a great day! Matthew is being his typical self and thinks only of himself he stayed here. I am still going to the quilt stores! I can't wait. I found two of them already and they open at 9 so I guess I need to go get ready. ALOHA

May 28, 2013 - Big island

We where up early to fly to the big island. Once here we found where the guys where going to go fishing tomorrow then went exploring a little. We went out to the place of refuge. It was there we got to see the honu's(green sea turtles) we also saw puffer fish, an eel, sea urchins, and other fish that we did not know. Steven really wants to go snorkeling now.

Apr 28, 2013 - Day 5 - Goin' Coconuts

Day 5 - April 24, 2013 First, let me start off by thanking you for your patience. I know I'm WAY behind on this blog, but I *will* finish it. It's just going to be a little late. My last three days in Hawaii involved (thankfully) a lot of time spent in the sun, which in turn, left me completely spent at the end of the day, and sapped me of all my motivation to do a blog entry. As I write this entry, I'm on the plane back to San Diego. Now back to our regularly scheduled blog entry... There is an expression (coined, as far as I know by...

Apr 25, 2013 - Day 4 - Crabs and Chickens

Day 4 - April 23, 2013 The weather is supposed to clear up today. Goody goody. Because if I had to spend another day indoors watching movies on Lifetime, I would go batshit insane and do something very very bad that would likely result in a Lifetime Original Movie being made about Cathy, such as "My Husband Went Batshit Insane On Our Trip To Kauai: The Cathy Toyen Story". So we got in our rental car and headed to the Waimea Canyon, which is nicknamed "The Grand Canyon of the Pacific". Okay, that's description is a little over-the-top. It...

Apr 24, 2013 - Day 3 - Come on, come on, and do the Loco Moco with me

Day 3, April 22, 2013 The tour operator that we signed up with to take us around the spectacular (so I'm told) Na Pali coast in a catamaran is called "Captain Andy's Adventures" wanted us to be at the Pt. Allen harbor in Ele'Ele at 7:15 AM, for a 8:00 sailing. Aye Aye, Captain. So we woke up at 6:00 AM to make sure we left the house by 6:30 since it takes about 45 minutes to get from our part of the island to the place where the boat is leaving from. The weather was still not good, but we thought, well, it's still early. But when we arrived...

Apr 22, 2013 - Day 2 - Jenna Jameson has nothing on me

Day 2 - April 21, 2013 Hawaii is three hours behind California. So it came as no surprise to me that when we woke up at 6AM, Hawaii time, it didn't feel early to us at all. (In fact, I'm normally up at 6AM anyway, even on the weekends). The sun was starting to rise, so I suggested we walk out on to the beach and enjoy the Kauai sunrise. Except... The weather was still shit. Very cloudy. That's okay. Even when it's cloudy and rainy, it never really gets cold here because of the humidity. So we walked along the beach for a little bit....

Apr 21, 2013 - Day 1 - My ass cannot possibly be too fat for Hawaii, can it?

Day 1 - April 20, 2013 San Diego is the closest city in the continental United States to Hawaii. Yet it is still a 6 hour flight. That is both good and bad from a traveler's perspective. It's bad because it means spending six hours packed in like a sardine in a coach-class seat. But it also means that there's virtually no possibility that the pilot is going to land the plane in a fit of overreaction to a minor complaint by a passenger, as happened on (what else) United a few months ago, in which an idiot pilot landed a plane to kick off a...

Apr 7, 2013 - Adios Cancun, Aloha Hawaii

While we only had six nights at Cancun, we can see why it is a popular spot for not only US college students but also for Americans generally. The beach is so beautiful and everywhere you look is postcard perfect. Most of the resorts also offer amazing all inclusive food and beverage packages so technically you never need to leave the resort. Especially at this time of year when so many parts of North America are still experiencing very cold temperatures after a long winter who wouldn't want to escape to Cancun for some fun in the sun. We...

Mar 9, 2013 - Aloha Hawaii

We left Australia at 1800hr and nine hours later arrive in Hawaii at 0645hr. It's almost like time travel arriving in Honolulu before the time we departed Sydney! We had a very easy 9hr+ flight to Honolulu, except for the fact that my seat console was malfunctioning and so it was continually calling for service as well as turning my reading light on and off. The staff were able to disable the call button but not the light. They did however give us some eye-masks for our troubles. Our hotel transfer was at the airport waiting for us, which...

Mar 8, 2013 - Aloha Hawaii/Aloha Grand Rapids

3 days in Waikiki & we are finally ready to come home. This will probably be our last time on Oahu ..this island is way too metropolitan for us. This has been a wonderful vacation that we will not forget. Our time on the islands has been wonderful .. We hope those of you that followed our journal have enjoyed it. We love. To hear about everyone else's adventures too. Aloha!!

Mar 6, 2013 - Aloha

Waikiki Well, we left Sydney a bit late at 9.00 p.m. on Wednesday 27 February and arrived at just after 9.00 a.m. on Wednesday 27 February at Honolulu airport after a 10 hour flight – so that made Wednesday a very long day! Despite all the threatened delays at immigration due to the USA economic problems we picked up our cases and were through immigration in less than half an hour. By 10.30 we were checked into the hotel and set out to explore the local neighbourhood in Waikiki – the place was buzzing, for 2 jet lagged and weary travellers...