Author Archive: ewashburn
Maui Ocean Center
A beautiful day in Maui with no dive planned. We were concerned about incoming swells for a shore dive, so we decided to spend the day enjoying the ocean scene from the Maui Ocean Center. I way behind on posting so here are some pictures, I (or Simone) will write about them later. Enjoy! […]
Continue readingWindy Day on Maui
This was a planned slow day, the only thing we wanted to do today was rent tanks, wetsuits and weights for a shore dive. So we (mostly) hung out at the condo and watched a very talented kite surfer and finally ended up at Cane and Taro for a late lunch. Here are some pics: […]
Continue readingRoad to Hana
As we entered our first stop on the Road to Hana, on the path to Twin Falls, I took this photo at the beginning of the path. Twin Falls is actually on private land, a farm, and they only ask for donations and if you want to buy some of their fresh fruit smoothies or […]
Continue readingFlight from Kona (KOA) to Maui (OGG)
We had a 2:00 PM (1400) flight out of Kona for Maui so we could have a easy morning. At the Airport: On the plane: Yep, that’s snow on the mountains of Hawaii. At the Maui Airport, with the Maui chickens: And finally dinner at Dukes.
Continue readingTour Kona Brewing Company
We packed up our gear and sent several items home. The SCUBA gear was sent to Maui for the next part of our adventure. We hadn’t had a chance to eat at one of our favorite restaurants, so since this was a slow day it was a perfect opportunity. Off to Kona Brewing Company we […]
Continue readingWhale Watch with Dan McSweeney
Yeah! Today we finally did something as planned. Today we went on a whale watch with Captain Dan McSweeney. This is something we have done on each visit to the Big Island. That makes this the 8th trip. We have always seen whales, but some years are better than others. This year we followed two […]
Continue readingMy Birthday in Hawaii
The big plan today was a Night Manta Ray Dive with Sea Paradise. Unfortunately, Mother Nature had other ideas. Big swells and rough surf meant no dive for us. We did have a fun time at LuLu’s for a late lunch. This is one of our favorites haunts on The Big Island. With a basket […]
Continue readingOur First Dive of 2011
Simone and I headed out of Honokohau Marina for a two tank dive with Torpedo Tours. We dived with them in 2009 and looked forward a great adventure. Things didn’t go exactly as planned. Simone got sick on the first dive at Pinnacle Pyramids and I spent most of my dive swimming around the boat. […]
Continue readingDrive Around the Crater
After the flight around the volcano it was our turn to drive up to Volcano National Park and the Jaggar Observatory. We got there just before dusk and set up to view the sunset. We got some great pictures of the vent and a surprise rainbow that appeared to grow out of the volcano. Here […]
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