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Another Warm Welcome

It was ten minutes after five when the plane took off from Oakland. The direction was west. – into the setting sun. The sunset was spectacular – not just because of it’s duration (over two hours) but also because it produced a band above the horizon starting with a dark red-almost a purple – toContinue reading “Another Warm Welcome”

Play it Again, Sam

Well, I’ve done it again. I’m going back to Hawai’i. So, I need another covid test. Back to the Walgreens on line site to book an appointment. I got this email: Hi David, You’re eligible for COVID-19 drive-thru testing based on the information you provided under current state and federal guidelines. We’ve requested a lab orderContinue reading “Play it Again, Sam”

Pros and Cons

I was reading about another couple’s transition to being expatriot Americans and living in a foreign country. They seem to have gone through the same or similar steps as we have – they have gone traveling to interesting places with an eye out for answering the question, “Would we want to live here full time?”Continue reading “Pros and Cons”

Leilani Estates

On May 3, 2018 Kilauea Volcano erupted in the East Rift Zone area outside the Volcanos National Park boundaries. A series of fissures developed along a fault line between the towns of Volcano and Pahoa. Most of them just bubbled up spitting out enough lava to cover a few acres and then quit, but thereContinue reading “Leilani Estates”

Passport

I found this on Linked-in this morning: ‘Vaccine passport’ needed to fly? Share By Jake Perez, Editor at LinkedIn News Updated 1 day ago 12/29/2020 While coronavirus vaccines are distributed around the world, a Geneva-based nonprofit is teaming up with airlines and The World Economic Forum to create a “vaccine passport” app to ease air travel during the pandemic.Continue reading “Passport”

Sept 2018 Return from Hawaii

After spending a week in Hawai’i in September of 2018, we were scheduled to return on a flight out of Kona at 10 PM on United Airlines. We arrived at the airport around 7:30 PM and returned the rental car. The shuttle dropped us off at the terminal and we proceeded through the TSA gauntletContinue reading “Sept 2018 Return from Hawaii”

November 2020

I sit and I wait. It was a rush to get to the airport so that I could sit and wait. It was a hassle at the check-in kiosk. I thought that the purpose of the kiosks was so that you didn’t have to wait in line. There was a line waiting for the kiosks.Continue reading “November 2020”

Ocean View

2017 Late in 2017, we made a trip to Kona to continue with our journey towards a vacation home/ retirement home/shack on the beach. We met with a realtor from Hilo and toured some interesting locations. We looked at a three acre parcel north and west of Ocean View Ranchos, a sprawling subdivision in aContinue reading “Ocean View”

Doctors and Hospitals

September 29, 2018 How do you find a doctor on the far south end of the big island of Hawaii? One that is on your Arizona health insurance network? On a Saturday morning? Phone calls to the 800 number of the health insurance network go to an automated recording . . . “Our office hoursContinue reading “Doctors and Hospitals”

September 28, 2018

We flew United Airlines from Phoenix to Los Angeles. Then changed planes and continued on to Kona. We left Phoenix at 10:45 AM and arrived in Kona at 7:50 PM. There was a great sunset view from the plane as we crossed the Pacific Ocean above the clouds. We picked up a rental car atContinue reading “September 28, 2018”