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Adventures in "Fun"employment
A chronicle of my sabbatical from corporate America
Kona coffee...
Next up - the Big Island! Our first mission after flying into Kona was exploring Kona coffee, from coffee cherry to packaged product,...
The Grand Canyon...
After camping out at Koke'e State Park, we celebrated Karen's 40th birthday by hiking into Waimea Canyon, the "Grand Canyon" of Hawaii,...
Mahalo...
Very thankful for this day full of Hawaiian treats: breakfast of loco moco, hiking the Awa'awapuhi Trail in Koke'e State Park, one final...
Redemption...
If we couldn't make it to Kalalau Beach on foot, we were determined to make it by boat! What gorgeous vistas of the cathedrals from the...
Floating along...
Our next adventure was tubing along Lihue Plantation's irrigation ditch and tunnel systems, developed in the 1870s to service the sugar...
Paradise found...
Our unplanned recovery day was spent at Papa'a Beach, a secret oasis well worth the effort and scramble that keeps it so private!...
Paradise lost...
Our trek on the Na Pali Coast began with a picture-perfect rainbow but ended quite differently when our plan to hike all 11 miles of the...
Welcome to the jungle...
Aloha to Oahu and aloha to Kaua'i! A first glimpse of the Princeville coastline! #HawaiiKauai
A taste of Hawaii...
Exploring a Chinatown grocery store on a food tour in Oahu. I can't get enough tuna poke! #HawaiiOahu
The North Shore...
After a hike up Diamondhead Crater, we drove up to the beautiful North Shore for a day trip complete with huge banana waffles, a deserted...
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