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GET UP, WAKE UP, STAND UP

August 3, 2024 by

Get up, wake up, stand up, and look where you’re going. Those were words from a surfer teaching another how to surf. It’s the complete opposite of my surf school. I didn’t get up, didn’t wake up, didn’t stand up. Oh, and I didn’t look around.

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HOMEWARD BOUND ON HAWAIIAN WATERS

March 30, 2023 by

I felt homeward bound with my head underwater and breathing though a snorkel. No, I wasn’t drowning, just mingling with the fish on Kauai. Lots of fish everyday. So many that you could miss those swimming just under the surface, so look up.

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PEARL HARBOR LAUNDRY ON THE LINE

March 28, 2023 by

Pearl Harbor laundry is the same as any laundry; wet stuff drying on a line. I saw laundry waving in the wind while touring the Ford Island with a Navy man. It was on the back porch of officers’ housing with their name and rank posted in front. A warm breeze furled family business better […]

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VACATION BLOGGER AVAILABLE FOR ASSIGNMENT

March 25, 2023 by

I know one vacation blogger who dedicates time to review where they are. And I’m available. If you’re someone who needs an extra boost in your property, your business, your town or city, who’re you gonna call? Oahu and Kauai for two and a half weeks and seventeen posts averaging 750 words? Who wouldn’t want […]

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HAWAIIAN REVIEW WITH ONE MORE WAKE UP

March 24, 2023 by

This Hawaiian review includes Puff The Magic Dragon. Every baby boomer born, and those who self-identify as baby boomers, knows Puff. Puff the Magic Dragon slumbers at Hanalei Bay in the mountain profiles framing Hanalei Bay. It’s said to be only a coincidence that Peter, Paul and Mary mentioned a dragon in a land called […]

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KAUAI MUSIC: KEKAI CHOCK AT SMITH’S GARDEN LUAU

March 23, 2023 by

Kauai music comes from the rhythm of the waves, the sudden rain squall, and Kekai Chock at Smith’s Garden Luau. I was there with Kauai Team Two after cruising the Wailua River to the Fern Grotto. They were looking around while I watched our seats once the crowd started filing in. From my part of […]

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TRAVEL MAGIC: RIGHT SONG, RIGHT TIME

March 21, 2023 by

Travel magic starts with the right song. Too often we hear it later and think how good it would have been. It’s the right song after the fact, the song you’d choose in a do-over of where you’ve been. But when it hits right, you know it.

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KOLOA SURPRISES KEEP HAPPENING? YES THEY DO

March 19, 2023 by

Koloa surprises are different than the usual Hawaiian happiness? As if Kauai island needs more to keep it interesting. No snakes, gators, or bugs are all a welcome surprise. But there’s more.

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WHALE WATCHING VISION NOT SO CLEAR, BUT

March 18, 2023 by

This is the whale watching spot from the lighthouse on the east side of Kauai. It’s the exact same spot where my party watched whales. Momma whale jumped up. Baby whale jumped up. Me? I jumped up, too. But too late.

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FERAL WILDLIFE ON LAND AND SEA

March 16, 2023 by

Feral wildlife has not run amok. Just ask Surf Chicken. It’s his beach, his island. Not yours.

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