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Saw this one yesterday morning driving down Ala Wai trying to get to the H-1 West:   On the off chance you can’t quite read it, it says “How Do I Drive? Please Call 836-0317.” OTOH, maybe this isn’t scary so much as it is an innovative use of The Wisdom of Crowds. You stick [...]

I’d put a link in this post to the photos section, but I don’t want your link-hunting skills to atrophy. bkd

Went camping in Death Valley last weekend. Camped for two whole nights — an adult personal best! The lowest point in North America. Yes, that pot hole right there. Pros: The roller coaster roads, featuring many inversions. Taking the Emigrant Road way back to civilization — brilliantly washed out and steep. My new flannel-lined sleeping [...]

Went Thursday. It was cool. Sometimes I get the impression that the whole point of Kauai is to see how many different ways you can look at the Na Pali coast. Me this trip: 3. Ultralight flying on Thursday, drive/viewpoint/hike today, boat on Monday. Do I win? No. I could’ve done helicopter, kayak, and hike-in. [...]

He had it coming, though. One of those mean yellow ones. You know. For trying to steal food out of my hand.   Slink away, buddy. bkd

One of the cooler vacation activities I’ve done. Rented a one-man kayak to take onto the Wailua river (Wailua Kayak Adventures is one of the two or three companies “allowed” to rent kayaks for the Wailua — everyone else has to give guided tours). Paddled for a little bit, then came to the trail to [...]

I’m not really kidding anyone, myself included. Very good odds that Day 2 never gets posted, even better that Day 3 never does, and so forth. Regardless: I’m starting with the payoff. Or one of the payoffs. Of the trail. That I went on. Where I nearly died of dehydration. Again. But, for you, payoff [...]

10/27 (Monday) 1630 Depart LAX 1915 Arrive LIH Go to Wal-Mart, Drive to Koloa, Go to grocery store, Go to condo (Prince Kuhio #320, stop by if you’re in the area). 10/28 (Tuesday) Nu’alolo/Awa’awapuhi Hike (Waimea Canyon) West Shore? Menehune Ditch Walk around the general area of the condo. 10/29 (Wednesday) Wailua River Kayaking Drive [...]

Was in South El Monte today, which is bothersome in that, if it’s going to be “El Monte”, then the southern version should be El Monte del Sur. Or, if we’re going to anglicize everything, South Elmont. OTOH, that was one of the ten worst injustices I noticed today, so, by and large: pretty good [...]

It’s not so much a “poor man’s Lake Tahoe” as it is the Lake Tahoe of a man who doesn’t want to drive all the way to, well, Lake Tahoe. For being within 2.5 hours of Orange County, the Big Bear/Lake Arrowhead area is pretty nice. If I get ambitious and bored — happens often [...]