September 11, 2025 No work today on any projects. I’m going to Kona to pick up Alanah from the airport. She arrives at 1PM via Las Vegas. After picking her up, we stop for gasoline – $3.79 instead of $4.69 in Na’alehu – and at the lumber yard for more 2 x 6 rafters andContinue reading “Alanah Arrives”
Category Archives: Travel
The Adventure Continues
August 20, 2025 6:00 AM flight out of Phoenix. Not many passengers in the rows in front of me. Not many passengers in the rows behind me. I had ten rows all to myself. Arrived in San Diego about 7:30 AM 11:30 am flight out of San Diego – Not as lucky. Had to shareContinue reading “The Adventure Continues”
WOW! It’s July Already!
July 1, 2025 My neighbor had shiped his artwork and display racks to Oahu for the Haleiwa Arts Festival a couple of weeks ago, and then had to ship it back to Hawai’i island after the festival was over. The shipping port is in Hilo, and he asked me to help him bring it backContinue reading “WOW! It’s July Already!”
The Last of June
June 15, 2025 The need to go downtown to Naalehu today prompted me to fill the back of the truck with my empty water containers. I take every opportunity to make each trip into town well worth it by hauling water back with me. I stop off at the trash transfer station where there areContinue reading “The Last of June”
7 Days of March Makes One Week – the same is true of April/May
I’ve been back in Hawaii for a week now. April 29, 2025 Alanah and I left Phoenix at 6:30AM and flew to Las Vegas. We flew over the Arizona desert north of Phoenix. We had a terific view of Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, and the highway bridge over the dam. While waiting for the nextContinue reading “7 Days of March Makes One Week – the same is true of April/May”
Nine More Days
April 20, 2025 I leave for Hawaii in nine more days . . . or is it eight? I leave on the 29th at 6:30 AM, so does that day really count? What about today? Does today count towards the days until I leave? . . . Maybe I should say that my flight takesContinue reading “Nine More Days”
A Special Visit
2/27/2025 This is a “guest posting” from my sister Cathy. Russ and I had such a fantastic visit with David and Alanah a couple of weeks ago while we were on the Big Island of Hawaii. In fact, seeing them was The reason we went to the island. We flew into Kona and then it’sContinue reading “A Special Visit”
August 2024
August 15, 2024 5:00 AM – Wake up 6:00 AM – Arrive at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport 7:00 AM – Board plane bound for Las Vegas TSA had to inspect the inside of both of my bags. Their curiosity satisfied, I went to my gate and still had time to buy a breakfast burrito! TheContinue reading “August 2024”
I’ve Returned
It is late April, and I have returned to the Big Island. I had a direct flight on a different airline than I normally use. The direct flight with no stops was good, but I miss the “two bags fly free”! I arrived at 5 in the afternoon and caught the 6:00 PM bus toContinue reading “I’ve Returned”
Tourists
February 5, 2023 After missing their plane on the 4th,, my daughter and her kids arrived the following day, the 5th! (see my previous post – “Expecting Company” for the explanation) I rode the bus into Kona to meet them. I was not confident about my truck, so I rented a car for the timeContinue reading “Tourists”
TropicalCastaway 