Visiting the Big Island to see an active volcano was high on everyone’s wish list for the time we spent in Hawaii last fall. Our original plan was to island hop between the Big Island and Maui over Thanksgiving, but after we got bogged down in the logistics, we decided to just focus on the…
Our conversation about living in Hawaii went something like this: Me: Okay, so Hawaii. If you kids could do anything you want while we are over there, what would it be? All 3 Kids: See a volcano! That settled it. We are huge National Park advocates and there are two in Hawaii – Haleakalā National Park…
We enjoyed living on Oahu but when my parents came to visit last September we decided to island hop over to Kauai for a few days just to mix things up. I had quite a few people tell me Kauai was their favorite island and we were curious to see the differences. Our top activities…
The Polynesian Cultural Center is one of Hawaii’s top attractions located on the North Shore in Laie next to the Brigham Young University Hawaii campus. We were able to visit a few different times – once with my parents in September, and then again briefly with our friends who came in October. Sam also had…
We’ve desperately been missing hiking (well, at least Sam and I are) so we decided to drive to the dry side of the island and check out the Ka’ena Point Trail. You can hike two different ways to the point (from the south or Farrington Hwy) and while I’ve heard the south trail is preferable…
Looks like you had a great time! So many pretty hikes!