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Brownsville: Birders and Borders

Saturday, 2 Apr 2022 | Views [278]

THE MORRIS-BROWN HOUSE IN BROWNSVILLE was built in 1909 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Morris-Brown Cottage—where we stayed—is not. Our host Steve, who owns both plus another six apartments in a separate building ... Read more >


Lost in Space

Thursday, 24 Mar 2022 | Views [279]

GREG AND LAURA THOUGHT WE MIGHT like to see The Infinite , a virtual reality experience that puts you on the International Space Station. Well, they both worked with NASA on the space program in Houston before they retired so it didn’... Read more >


The Kindness of Strangers

Wednesday, 23 Mar 2022 | Views [254]

THE ONLY THINGS THAT HONOLULU AND HOUSTON have in common are “h” and “o”—they don't even wear masks in Texas! Yet here we are after ten hours of flying through five time zones with a six-hour layover spent trying to sleep ... Read more >


Photos: Texas

Tuesday, 22 Mar 2022 | Photo Gallery


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More Than Waikiki Beach

Sunday, 20 Mar 2022 | Views [248]

PITTY THE FOLKS WHO VISIT WAIKIKI and say they have “done” Hawaii. Even discounting Maui and Kauai—IMHO the two most scenic islands— there is so much more to see just on Oahu. We have been heading out each morning to the ... Read more >


Pearl Harbor Revisited

Wednesday, 16 Mar 2022 | Views [196]

SINCE OUR FLIGHT TO HOUSTON WOULD pass through Honolulu anyway, we decided to spend a few days on Oahu along the way. We have plenty of time and there are a few birds we missed on our last trip. It took nearly as long to check-in and clear TSA as it ... Read more >


Photos: Oahu

Tuesday, 15 Mar 2022 | Photo Gallery


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Hawaiian History, One National Park Site at a Time

Thursday, 10 Mar 2022 | Views [260]

NO MATTER HOW YOU SLICE IT, HAWAIIAN “HISTORY” is so recent it‘s more like current events. Before missionaries developed written Hawaiian it was an oral story of aliʻi nui and kahunas , kings and nobles, of whalers and missionaries, ... Read more >


South of Key West

Thursday, 3 Mar 2022 | Views [257]

WE DROVE TO THE SOUTHERN-MOST POINT in the U S of A this morning. Despite what Old-timey Conchs and Parrot-heads would have you believe, it isn’t Duvall Street in Key West. Nope, South Point, Hawaii lies at 18.9136° North latitude while Key ... Read more >


At Home in Kailua-Kona

Tuesday, 1 Mar 2022 | Views [175]

WE CROSSED HAWAII YESTERDAY for the last time. We'll be spending the next two weeks in our “Tropical Garden Apartment” perched on the slopes of Hualālai with fantastic views of the coast. Our ground-floor AirBnB isn’t as large ... Read more >


Photos: The Big Island—Leeward Side

Monday, 28 Feb 2022 | Photo Gallery


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By Dawn's Early Light—Pu’u Ō’ō Trail

Thursday, 24 Feb 2022 | Views [216]

HAWAI’I ISN’T ALL SURF AND SAND—AT LEAST not for us. Connie isn’t all that keen for the beach and I rode my last wave decades ago. There are many wonderful hiking trails on the Island, crossing rugged lava fields and winding through ... Read more >


A Smoking Hot Birthday Surprise

Thursday, 17 Feb 2022 | Views [240]

TIMING MAY BE EVERYTHING BUT SOMETIMES just being lucky is good enough. The woman who checked us out at Safeway mentioned how fortunate we were that Kilauea was erupting again. Who knew? It’s nothing like the spectacular 2018 eruption that destroyed ... Read more >


Finally Hawaii

Wednesday, 16 Feb 2022 | Views [220]

“ALOHA” FROM PARADISE. NEARLY TWO YEARS after Covid chased us from New Zealand and canceled our AirBnB we made it back, proving that all things come to him who “hangs loose.” Hawaii still quarantines visitors who haven’t ... Read more >

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Photos: The Big Island—Windward Side

Tuesday, 15 Feb 2022 | Photo Gallery


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Two Days in LA

Monday, 14 Feb 2022 | Views [164]

THE CRUISE IS OVER AND WE HAVE two days to spend in LA. The Super Bowl is out of the question—they’re getting $7000 for a ticket and even parking costs $300. We have reservations at the Dunes Inn for Sunday. It’s an old-style place ... Read more >


Photos: Two Days in LA

Sunday, 13 Feb 2022 | Photo Gallery


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Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library

Wednesday, 2 Feb 2022 | Views [197]

THE EVIL THAT MEN DO LIVES AFTER THEM; The good is oft interred with their bones; so let it be with Nixon. With apologies to Marc Antony and Wm. Shakespeare, maybe Richard Nixon wasn’t as bad as he seemed back in the 70s. And while I wouldn’... Read more >


Balboa Park

Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 | Views [203]

DRIVING IN CALIFORNIA, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT, isn't advised. John wisely used the "jet-lag defense" to convince Chris and Ursula to pick us up for dinner on Friday. Chris knows the way and is used to the high-speeds and California quirks. Besides, he ... Read more >


Arizona A "Through" Z

Friday, 28 Jan 2022 | Views [254]

OR MAYBE WE’RE "THROUGH" WITH AZ. We’ve been coming to the Grand Canyon state, off and on, for 20 years. We have rafted, camped, RV’d, AirBnB’d and bunked in with friends. We’ve visited all the National Parks, Monuments ... Read more >


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