We Take Ourselves With Us

We arrived back in Oahu early in the morning and said goodbye to the Pride of America.  To take advantage of considerable savings on our airfare, we were staying another night on the island, so we headed back to the good old Doubletree, only to find out that we were not alone.  Rubiks Cubes, baby!! After looking at our flight plans, I decided to book an extra night at Rubiks Cube world headquarters because our plane wouldn't be taking off until about midnight the next day.  Checking out twelve hours before that didn't make a lot of sense.  (It turned out to be a very good idea.) After dropping our bags, we made a slow drive to our next adventure, stopping along the way to pick up lunch and admire another bright, gorgeous Hawaii day. Ned and the kids went parasailing, while I sat on the beach, reading. But, that was not enough adventure for the Kress-Davis family--half the day was still left! In researching things to do on Oahu, one un...

Millions of years ago when we first came to Hawaii ( okay, it was 2013 ), we elected to stay only on the Big Island since we had just shy of a week and had never been here.  One of the highlights of our trip was a morning and afternoon spent in Kealakekua Bay, snorkling and swimming to our heart's content while the crew of the Fair Wind grilled burgers that smelled so delicious they drew a whole pod of dolphins into the bay. So, when we returned to Kona, we knew we wanted to repeat this fantastic experience ... and we did!  Because only on the island of Hawaii can one go from snow covered peaks to warm clear tropical waters in less than a day. Not to be a shill for Fair Wind , but it really has this thing buttoned up.  You eat a super yummy breakfast while sailing over to Kealakekua Bay And then you end up here. There's no filter on these photos, folks.  This is the real color of the bay.  Seriously.  Ridiculously.  Amazing...