Category: Travel
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DAY 4 @ The Big Island, Hawai’i
Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park I’d been looking forward to the day when we visited Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, and today was that day! It’s the 37th national park I’ve visited, and all the waiting was worth it – it’s one of the most beautiful parks I’ve seen. Immediately after parking, we saw several nēnē up…
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DAY 3 @ The Big Island, Hawai’i
Our AirBnB host offered to feed us this morning, and we accepted. She had prepared fresh goat kefir from the goat she kept on the off-grid property, along with mango, ground flax seed, and ashwagandha. In addition to hosting, she also sold a number of health products she made herself – the goat kefir, magnesium…
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DAY 2 @ The Big Island, Hawai’i
Our plan for Hawai’i was the same as it is for our other travels – prior to arriving, we used Google Maps to save all the points of interest we had come across. Each day we decide what we want to do for the following day based on how far we feel like driving, the…
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DAY 1 @ The Big Island, Hawai’i
Our flight departed Orlando, Florida at 8 AM, and we didn’t land in Hawai’i until 13.5 hours later (3:20 PM local time, 9:20 PM home time)! We were tired, but excited, as we waited for our luggage and took our first breaths of Hawaiian air. Unbelievably, the airline lost one of our two bags! The…