Author Archive: ewashburn

Equipment Check at Jack’s Diving Locker

Our shore dive at Two Step (Honau’nau) was canceled due to high surf warning. Simone checked out the info at SwellInfo.com which saved us a lot of grief. We took the opportunity to do a pool dive at Jack’s Diving Locker. We used it as a refresher and to check out our equipment. The folks […]

New Year’s Day in Kona

We spent the day just chillaxin’. Simone shot these flowers from our lanai. No that isn’t a shark, but a some spinner dolphin that was interested in a boogie boarder outside our condo. More spinner dolphin. Drove down Alii’ Drive looking for beaches and good entry points for a shore dive and ended up […]

First Full Day In Hawaii. 12/31/10

We were so jet-lagged that Eric and I slept in until 9 AM (we went to bed around 11:30 PM, but I woke up around 5 AM for about an hour due to jet lag). Then we ate our ritual first breakfast at the condo on the lanai while we watched the waves. What is […]

Happy New Year from Kailua-Kona

This was the last sunset of 2010. It is the end of the first decade of the 21st century. Simone and I enjoyed the view from Bubba Gump Shrimp Company in downtown Kailua-Kona. Our waitress, Merav. was fantastic. She was very friendly and we were able to talk SCUBA between order of garlic bread, shrimp […]

Arrived in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

We are finally here! After three plane changes and 20 hours of travel Simone and I are safely in our condo. Our first flight from Pittsburgh to Houston, TX was delayed from 0550 until 0630. After boarding and de-ice we were wheels-up around 0700. The flight had only one interesting moment; when we were […]

Hawaii Adventure 2011

My first blog entry for this year's Hawaii trip. Sitting at the airport in Pittsburgh waiting for our flight to Houston. The flight has been delayed 30 minutes, which means we will be very close in catching in flight to Honolulu. Let the adventure begin!

Road to Hana

Our first stop was at the Garden of Eden

New Years Day in Kona!

Chillaxin’ with Captain Dan McSweeney on a Whale Watch and then Sam Choy’s for Dinner. This was the newest Sam Choy’s Kai Lanai on the Big Island in Kailua-Kona. Sorry, no whales seen on this trip on the Big Island, but plenty on Spinner Dolphin.

Hawaiian Adventure 2012-13

Simone and I will be exploring the Island of Hawaii starting on the Big Island, moving on to Maui before our final stop on Oahu.

ACE 2012

Getting ready for ACE 2012. Looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones at Allscripts premiere event. To see me at last years conference, go here. When: August 15 – 17, 2012 (optional pre-conference sessions are available on August 14, 2012) Where: McCormick Place Convention Center (West Building) 2301 S Lake Shore Dr. […]

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