After ignoring our website for about 8 years, I have decided to spruce it up. Instead of hand-crafting HTML code in a text editor, I’ve installed WordPress and will be attempting to convert the old content to blog posts.
Big Basin Redwoods State Park After the Fire
On Sunday, November 15, 2020, I joined a group of Big Basin docents and Big Basin Volunteer Trail Crew members for a tour of Big Basin. We were there to see the damage caused by the fire and the way nature was responding to that damage. Thanks go to Susan Blake for being our tour […]
Maui Vacation – Day 8
Coming Home Our flight wouldn’t leave until 1:30, so we had time to eat an unhurried breakfast, pack, and leave in plenty of time. It was a good thing we gave ourselves lots of time, though; traffic between the Honua Kai and Kahului Airport was thick and slow. We still had time to fill the […]
Maui Vacation – Day 7
On our last full day we were in no hurry. We had an unrushed breakfast, put on our hiking clothes and headed north again. We hiked about 5 miles at an abandoned golf course that has been converted to hiking trails. There were about a dozen geocaches along the trail, and we found almost all […]
Maui Vacation – Day 6
We awoke at 5:15am and were on the road at 5:30. Our destination was the photo location we scouted the previous day. We weren’t encouraged by the weather; it was raining and overcast during the very dark drive along the north shore of Maui. We got to our location 30 minutes before sunrise and waited […]
Maui Vacation – Day 5
We slept in again, not getting out of bed until about 7:15. After another workout in the fitness center, we ate a leisurely breakfast and talked about how to spend our day. We decided on a drive north along the coastal road that follows the north shore of the island. Along the drive we stopped […]
Maui Vacation – Day 4
We woke up on our own time this morning. I had set an alarm for 8:00 just in case, but we were both ready to get up just after 7:00. We spent 30 minutes in the fitness center, then showered and had breakfast in the room. At 9:30 we drove the short distance to Zensations […]
Maui Vacation – Day 3
Once again we arose at 6:00am. This time we had a more leisurely time. We had breakfast in our room before setting out once again for Haleakala. We had reserved a ziplining tour through zipline.com. We had driven past our meeting place the day before, so we were pretty sure we could get there. We […]
Maui Vacation – Day 2
Thanks to the early bedtime, we awoke a couple of minutes before our alarm went off at 6:00am. We put on our heaviest clothes, grabbed Clif Bars, water bottles, healthy snacks, and the camera gear and were out the door at 6:30. The first order of business was coffee. There was a coffee maker in […]
Maui Vacation – Day 1
San Jose to Lahaina We woke to our alarm at 4:45, showered, dressed and took care of those last-minute packing tasks that always linger. Bruce picked us up promptly at 6:00am, swaths of frost still evident on his car windows. We were to the airport, checked in, bags checked, and through security 35 minutes later. […]