"Puff the magic dragon, lives by the sea. And frolicks in the autumn mist, in the land called Hanalei..." So, in hindsight, arriving on Kauai over President's Day weekend threw a couple of wrenches in our gears, for example, there were no rental cars available when we got here. Also, the camping permit offices were closed. BUT we managed to rent a new wreck: a blue minivan, AND we went covert camping on Ke'e beach two nights ago and got lucky, becau...

ALOHA from Kauai! A new day, a new island! I arrived on Kauai two nights ago, with Mikey, my lovely sister Amy, and our new friend Tim Fontana, who we met at the Rainbow Surf Hostel in Paia, Maui. We spent about five weeks total on Maui, and we had an incredible time! I think we all could have stayed longer, except Maui can really put some stress on your bank account. We ended up paying for more accomadations on Maui, and food is extremely expensive as well...

Big Island Luck! Aloha everyone! Well, it's our last night on Maui, and I'm still trying to blog about Big Island, which was a month ago. Whoops, looks like I'm about as good at blogging as I am about keeping my personal journal. But not to worry friends, I don't write because I'm having so much fun. I felt I had to write once more about Big Island, because so many amazing things happened to Mikey and I while we were there. We stayed on Big island for 5 wee...

It's a beautiful day here on Maui. I'm sitting in the Northshore Hostel in Wailuku, getting out of the sun for a moment. Let me catch you up on our last destination, BIG ISLAND. After our three days in San Fran, we flew over the Pacific to Hilo, Hawaii. (This plane ride was much more pleasant, no screaming children, although somebody did have a seizure while we were in the air. The doctors came forward and helped, and the man was ok, I think.) At the Hilo A...

Hello everybody, welcome to my travel blog. Mikey and I have been on the move for two months now, and I'm just now figuring out how to make this blog thing happen. So, I will attempt to catch you up on what has happened since we left in december!