Dave & Meredith's Travel Blog

A quick post to say that I’ve posted a gallery of pictures from Hawaii. Click here to see them. Enjoy! – Dave

We spent two nights on Oahu so that we could see some of the local sights before flying out of Honolulu. At the top of our list was Pearl Harbor. It’s hard for me to write about my experience at Pearl Harbor. I could write a factual account of what we saw, but that would […]

Here is the view from our window at our last hotel in Hawaii across the street from Waikiki Beach on Oahu:   We stayed here for 2 nights. – Meredith

Everyone says you roll the dice when you go to Hawaii to see volcanic activity. Sometimes there’s no action going on, and other times, people get lucky. We were lucky. Kilauea and its major vent, Pu’u O’o, have been quite active lately. We started our volcano-packed day with a helicopter ride over the vent and […]

While we stayed near Kona on the Big Island, I took an afternoon/evening to go scuba diving while Meredith relaxed back at the resort. One of the recommended dives in that area is a night dive to see manta rays. I admit I was on the fence before going. I felt like I could take […]

Here is the view from our window at our B&B near Kilauea volcano:    – Meredith

As promised, the video of our helicopter tour on Kauai is finished, so…here it is for your viewing pleasure. It’s about 3 minutes long. To see the video in QuickTime format, click here for a small version (faster download) and click here for a larger version (bigger picture). Likewise for Windows Media format: click here […]

Here is the view from our balcony at our hotel on the Kohala Coast on the Big Island:   Pretty sweet. – Meredith

Here is an overhead picture of the place we’re staying for three nights on the Kohala Coast of the Big Island: Seriously? Lest you think the architect didn’t know what his building looked like as he was designing it, take a look at where the ballrooms are located: – Meredith

Kauai is a gorgeous island.  It’s the oldest of the major Hawaiian islands, so its mountains are eroded by water and wind, and covered by a carpet of lush green plants. During our stay, we saw the two major landscape attractions, the Na Pali Coast and Waimea Canyon. The Na Pali Coast looks like this: […]