May 31, 2010
What a morning.... the water pipe from the pump house to the house had a leak... the very day we were to leave for our trip. RAW evaluated the situation, asked if we should leave it and just go or fix it. I didn't get excited or fret and calmly said, if you left it, you would be thinking about it all through the trip and be no fun... so fix it and be done with it. So off he went to the hardware store for parts. Ingenious as he is, fixed the leak before 12noon and off we went towards the Pacific Ocean Highway.
Places we stopped....
Monday:
- Pigeon Lighthouse
- Watched Windsurfers
- Monterey (dinner at Bubba Gumps)
- Quality Inn
Tuesday:
- Hearst Castle
- Elephant Seal Beach
- Pismo Beach : Seacove Lodge (my favorite place to stay... wish we stayed longer)
Wednesday:
- drove past Santa Monica pier... didn't even get to take a picture
- Newport Beach
- Dinner with William
- Quality Inn
Thursday:
- drove to the end of hwy 1
- picked up a frame for my sampler - raw picked it out
- Quality Inn
Friday : drove all the way home up 101 until San Jose, then up 680 to 80 all the way home.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Big Island Hawaii
Yayyy... we're going to the Big Island. The date is set according to RAW's schedule. 9/16 to 9/23. It was a rare accomplishment to get RAW off the mainland.
Volcano
I've heard so much about the volcano on Mauna Kea but each time I visited in the past, the experience is bypassed... BUT... here are some pics and quicktime videos since November 3, 2009 to current... showing it's consistant erruptions and steady streams of the lava's journey to the ocean. Maybe this trip I can finally visit the volcano.
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/images.html
Mauna Kea Observatories
I talked to RAW about the observatories on top of Mauna Kea that I wanted to visit. Mauna Kea is 14,000 ft. above sea level. Taller than Mt. Shasta here in California. There's a commercial tour that takes people to the top and inside the observatories for $200 a person. RAW clutched his chest and starting breathing heavy... wasn't sure if he was demonstrating the effects of being 14,000 feet above sea level or the shock of the "price tag per person" that set him off. Today I did a little research and found info where we can just drive up there on our own... provided that we adhere to the health hazard warnings.
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/mko/visiting.htm
Rainforests
I've seen pictures of the famous giant ferns in the rainforest.
World Botanical Gardens and Waterfalls
Area trails have a maze, a rain forest walk
http://www.wbgi.com/
... sounds like you can take a zipline through.... 7 zip lines and 150' suspension bridges over waterfalls.
http://www.zipisle.com/
Oh my... look at this... experience the thrill of flying...
Zip Line Canopy Tour : (808)889-5111
http://www.ziplinehi.com/ : (808) 930-zips
Snorkling
Of course, I always go swimming and snorkle when I visit... an opportunity to be in the middle of a big giant fish tank and gaze at the fishes and turtles.
Other things I want to look into that I haven't done before....
Jet Ski
Kayak
Glass bottom boat or submarine (preferable the Atlantis submarine in Kona)
http://www.101thingstodo.com/hawaii/bigisland/index.php
Volcano
I've heard so much about the volcano on Mauna Kea but each time I visited in the past, the experience is bypassed... BUT... here are some pics and quicktime videos since November 3, 2009 to current... showing it's consistant erruptions and steady streams of the lava's journey to the ocean. Maybe this trip I can finally visit the volcano.
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/images.html
Mauna Kea Observatories
I talked to RAW about the observatories on top of Mauna Kea that I wanted to visit. Mauna Kea is 14,000 ft. above sea level. Taller than Mt. Shasta here in California. There's a commercial tour that takes people to the top and inside the observatories for $200 a person. RAW clutched his chest and starting breathing heavy... wasn't sure if he was demonstrating the effects of being 14,000 feet above sea level or the shock of the "price tag per person" that set him off. Today I did a little research and found info where we can just drive up there on our own... provided that we adhere to the health hazard warnings.
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/mko/visiting.htm
Rainforests
I've seen pictures of the famous giant ferns in the rainforest.
World Botanical Gardens and Waterfalls
Area trails have a maze, a rain forest walk
http://www.wbgi.com/
... sounds like you can take a zipline through.... 7 zip lines and 150' suspension bridges over waterfalls.
http://www.zipisle.com/
Oh my... look at this... experience the thrill of flying...
Zip Line Canopy Tour : (808)889-5111
http://www.ziplinehi.com/ : (808) 930-zips
Snorkling
Of course, I always go swimming and snorkle when I visit... an opportunity to be in the middle of a big giant fish tank and gaze at the fishes and turtles.
Other things I want to look into that I haven't done before....
Jet Ski
Kayak
Glass bottom boat or submarine (preferable the Atlantis submarine in Kona)
http://www.101thingstodo.com/hawaii/bigisland/index.php
Beginnings
This is a nice little place to keep track of road trips and... also to save references of places I would like to travel to. The references will move back and forth through the years at first as I find photos here and there... but I gotta start somewhere. So... hang on for the ride.
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