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Tag Archives: rental cars

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”

Posted bybeachbum51April 25, 2025Posted inDay to Day Life, Tourist, TravelTags:airplane etiquette, airport, driving lessons, Easter eggs, rental cars, solar panelsLeave a comment on Nine More Days

Return to Paradise

7/20/21 I called a septic tank supplier in Kona and spoke with someone named Dusty. He gave me the contact information for an engineer for a septic system. I called the number he gave me and spoke with a guy named David. We discussed the project in Naalehu and he quoted me a price ofContinue reading “Return to Paradise”

Posted bybeachbum51September 4, 2021September 4, 2021Posted inTravelTags:Covid-19 travel, Flights, rental carsLeave a comment on Return to Paradise

Rental Cars

Looking back towards Kona from Highway 11 on the drive to South Point It was a short walk from the highway where the bus dropped me off down to the rental car center located between the airport and the highway – or as they say in Hawaii, mauka the airport; makai the highway. Then toContinue reading “Rental Cars”

Posted bybeachbum51February 13, 2021March 3, 2021Posted inTravelTags:covid rules, fire ants, flooding, rental carsLeave a comment on Rental Cars

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”

Posted bybeachbum51December 23, 2020Posted inTravelTags:airport, rental cars, shopping, vacation rentalsLeave a comment on September 28, 2018

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