In the shadow of a volcano

Despite having lived around mountains all my life, or perhaps because of that, I remain in awe of the awesome sweep of snowy mountain slopes that rise from valleys in the way that volcanoes do. I am simply not able to drive along our highways and not feel an emotional surge of admiration for volcanoes […]

Christmas 2011 – Part II

A deep river of lava poured through the valley following a volcanic eruption around 100,000 years ago.

Christmas 2011 – Part I

I’ll suggest you simply add the words, “…and it was damn cold” to the end of each sentence from here on out.

Halloween recap

Holy cow. Seriously? 9:25 and I hear a little girl’s voice outside…there goes the bell.

Surfing the north shore, then Kumoricon

Friday we had big plans to finally find a board and do some surfing! We had sadly forgone the opportunity for some excellent waves at Waikiki on Monday. That was directly after our arrival and we were tired and still getting our bearing. The waves were coming in from a gorgeous south swell at Waikiki […]

Honolulu Aquarium and nibbling fish

Who can resist giggling at the tickling, persistent pecks at one’s feet by baby fish?

‘Iolani Palace and Mt. Tantalus

We got up nice and early, and headed directly for the 9am opening of the ‘Iolani Palace, the only actual Royal Palace on U.S. soil. The building was beautiful inside and out. I snapped photos all around our waiting space on the front porch area. As part of the welcome address and rules, they informed […]

Tour of Oahu

We hit the overview point right at sunset, and captured some truly stunning photos all along the shore: of Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Waikiki, and Diamond Head.

Waikiki beach: check!

If there were waves like this in Humboldt County, where I learned to surf, it would have been a stellar day!

Hiking Oak Creek Canyon

Yeah right, buddy! Try and catch my pathetic ass as I roll down the mountainside past you!