Our fishing and snorkeling trip on the Big Island of Hawaii included an added bonus! We saw pods of Spinner Dolphins and even a large Nurse Shark near the dock! Luckily we were not in the water during the shark spotting! If you like sharks as my kids do, here’s my post on sharks with…
Category: Family Vacation
Ideas and resources for planning a family reunion vacation. These are the actual family reunion vacations I’ve planned and taken.
Visiting the Little Women Home of Louisa May Alcott
It’s been on my bucket list for YEARS to visit Louisa May Alcott’s home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts (just twenty minutes from where I live). And yes, there is an apple orchard there. Once, it was quite extensive, but now it’s a small grove of (newish) apple trees. In front of the entrance was…
Hawaii Volcanos National Park
Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park protects some of the most unique geological, biological, and cherished cultural landscapes in the world. Extending from sea level to 13,681 feet, the park encompasses the summits of two of the world’s most active volcanoes – Kīlauea and Mauna Loa – and is a designated International Biosphere Reserve and UNESCO World…
We rented this Vrbo House on the Big Island of Hawaii
We rented the most awesome house on the Big Island’s Kailua-Kona area through Vrbo. When my husband found the house, Kona Sunset Hale, he told me that he hoped it looked as good as the photos. In fact, it looks BETTER than the photographs! Let me take you on a tour and show you the…
Visiting $65 Million Golf Clubhouse for Billionaires
We could not pass up the opportunity to visit Kohanaiki’s $65,000,000 clubhouse at a new development on the Big Island for billionaires. Our friends know one of the golf pros there to score us an invitation knowing full well that we were just there to be a looky-loo, although my friend stayed there as a…
Frank Lloyd Wright and King Kamehameha Golf Club
We took a tour of the King Kamehameha Golf Club in Maui, Hawaii. Our good friend, Michael Castillo, brother Ricky is the Director of Golf and kindly gave us a tour. When we drove up, I was shocked to see a resemblance to Taliesen that my husband and I have visited in Arizona more than…
5 Tips For Planning A Vacation During The School Year
Ahhh, the school calendar, the imposing schedule many of us have to arrange our lives around. The school calendar often gets in the way if you like to live with flexibility and freedom; add in sky-high holiday rates and hoards of holidaymakers, making vacationing during the school year incredibly appealing. However, it can be tricky…