We began our day at breakfast We finished breakfast just in time to hit the road for our tour of Allerton Garden. Allerton Garden is one unit of the National Tropical Botanical Garden. Along with other units on Kauai, Maui, and in Florida the NTBG engages in conservation, education and research into tropical plants. Allerton […]
We were up early (Hawaii time – late Mountain time) and took our time getting ready. Eventually hunger took hold and we headed out to find food. [insert video of walk to food] Walking outside (when it’s not raining) gives us a chance to appreciate the native flora and fauna. Having breakfasted we decided a
The Western Bankers’ Association convention, Grand Hyatt Kauai, April 22-26. It’s been so long since we’ve traveled anywhere other than to Norman or Beaverton. It was just a bit strange. Among other things (like packing lists and remembering paraphernalia and taking enough meds so we can survive a quarantine if we catch the bug the
Sigh. Up at 4:45, and downstairs by 5:20 The airport was, well, and airport. You’ve been there. Even at 6:00 AM (especially at 6:00 AM) we were extremely grateful for PreCheck. The flights were, well, flights. 4 hours to Atlanta, 5 hours to LA, 2 hours to Boise, with reasonable layovers at each stop we
OK, so… Sea day. We had nowhere to be at any particular time (except we had a room service delivery scheduled for 8:15). So of course we were awake at 6:00. Managed to stay in bed until the alarm went off, then it was up, spit, exercise, and breakfast on the veranda. As luck would
To start with, today was pretty much a bust. The excursion was a bust. Trivia was horrible (How is it that I can’t remember that it was Google who bought YouTube?). And the announcement that we heard as we were making our way from the Explorers’ Lounge (trivia) to the Theatre (Port Talk) just kind-of
When we booked future cruises (See Day 5 – 1/6/22 post) we received $400 cruise credits to us on this trip. That’s a whole lot of booze. So we flipped a coin – heads we spend it on spa treatments, tails we change our Day 8 excursion to a day pass at an all-inclusive resort
Today was Whale Watching Day!!!!! We wandered down the pier to our bus where we were whisked away to the boat. We then left the port riding the swells in the best ‘bucking bronco’ manner. Sadly, there was no wildlife (except several schools of flying fish and a few Turns and Boobies trying to catch
First, a bit of context. I’m actually writing this on Monday, January 10. We’re docked in St. Maarten (the Dutch side) But enough about me. Here’s the deal with Dominica. Our excursion wasn’t till 1:30 so we took full advantage: Up, 3 miles, breakfast on the veranda, linger over hot beverages, read, post to the
The day started like so many others: spit test, exercise, room service breakfast on the veranda. The morning was, however, different because we were in the midst of a run from St. Kitts all the way down to Barbados at the end of the chain. Thus, we weren’t scheduled to dock until noon. This left