We headed here in the late morning. Again, we trusted various articles/blogs we had read, but there was some conflicting information. It just led to us having a little more adventure than we anticipated though! Fun fact that we learned – Waimano trail does NOT lead to Waimano Falls. A completely different trail, Manana Trail, is what leads to these falls. We only hiked for a half mile at least until we realized this – and I’ll toot my own…
This is what my crowd hating, adventure loving husband was looking for! We had read some various blogs/articles about this hike and it sounded amazing – waterfalls, jungle, non-touristy. The onllllly complaint would be the lack of factual information that we read about the hike in terms of mileage and the route. We arrived around 11am at this random dead end road that Google Maps had taken us to. It was correct, which was awesomely unexpected – the trailhead was…
After Koko Head, we drove along the beach and followed Geoff’s recommended itinerary. This included eating some 7-Eleven breakfast items (don’t judge… they have legit food here. Normally I’d say never eat gas station sushi, but when they are 3 minutes from the ocean, they are the exception to the rule). We then stopped and checked out the Halona Blow Hole and Sandy Beach Park and got mad at ourselves a little for not bringing the boogie boards to try…
Mike and I woke up at 4am for this sunrise hike… I was jetlagged and had drank wine yesterday instead of more water. Whoopsies. I was NOT in good shape, which make the fact that I did this super impressive to me. It is rated as “difficult” on the Hawaii hikes and is a 1.8 mile trail and ascends over 1000 feet. It’s mostly steps on rail ties that were higher than my hips, so that’s always fun! We started…
March 4-8, 2018 Mike and I arrived pretty late so I don’t remember much of arrival – but we got picked up by Mike’s best friend, Geoff and his wife, Robin. They live about 30 minutes away from the airport, so we are extremely lucky to have such good friends that we can take advantage of stay with while we’re here! The next morning, we woke up to the sun shining (suck it, Midwest!) and decide to move our travel…
On our way to Hawaii, we had a long layover in San Francisco. My chingu (Korean for friend – we met while teaching English in SK) Catie lives there and was such an amazing hostess and tour guide! Catie lives in Nob Hill area, and we were starving when we showed up. She took us to Bandit for some burgers which were AMAZING. Definitely check it out if you’re ever in San Fran! We went to a bar for…
Mom seems super sad about leaving Camp Abe Lincoln… I’ll miss it too (especially the snacks those kids always dropped), but always getting to go for a ride and stick my head out the window seems way cooler. Besides, it feels pretty good knowing how much I’ll be missed. The kids at Camp were pretttttty obsessed with me.
Today was my last day at work. I have a lot of of emotions that are making it tough for me to understand, let alone express, how I’m feeling. So, I’ll just share this letter I wrote at the end of this past summer. Every night at Camp, a staff member will share a story or song or something that has a positive lesson or impactful message. My story was about gratitude, and I wrote a letter to my friend…
As I write this, I have one week of work left. One! It is scary and exciting and everything in between. About a month ago, I handed in my resignation letter at the job I’ve had for near a decade. Immediately the question is… “What are you leaving for? Where is your new job?” “Uhhhh… No new job. I’ll be living in a van with my husband and dog.” I’ve gotten this question from every single person since that day,…