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Kauai – Surfing

December 6, 2024

This morning we decided to go to the north shore to a land called Hanalei to body board.  This is the land puff the magic dragon was created to live in.  We looked for puff but never found him.  He must have been hiding out in his cave while we were there, because as we […]

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Kauai – Ziplining

December 6, 2024

We were on the road by 6:30a to make sure we did not get stuck in school traffic.  We had a zip line tour with Kauai Backcountry at 7:30a.  The destination was only 10miles away, but that same 10miles is what took Kerry 3hrs to travel previously.  At 6:30a there were still a lot of […]

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Kauai – Poipu Beach

December 6, 2024

We spent the whole day at the beach snorkeling.  We tried two separate beaches.  The first one had better scenery of fish and coral, but it was sketchy getting in and out of the water with all the rocks.  Hosanna did not like it too much because there were tons of sea urchins that you […]

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Kauai – Napali Coast Hike

December 5, 2024

We woke up this morning ready for adventure!  Our destination was the famous Napali Coast and the Kalalau Trail that runs along it.  Kerry mad us eggs this time, with a yummy smoothie, then we were off for our hour plus drive to the north shore of Kauai.  We arrived at Tunnels Beach around 11am and […]

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Kauai – Kauai Christian Fellowship

December 5, 2024

Today we got the opportunity to go church with the Forkers.  We had heard a lot about Kauai Christian Fellowship, as our friends Lois & Lowell Goshow attended there for a couple years when on a mission trip to help Kauai clean up after a large hurricane struck the island in the 90s.  The church […]

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Kauai – Tubing & Turtle Time

December 5, 2024

After a full nights sleep we woke refreshed.  Greg threw together a breakfast of eggs and healthy smoothie for us to start our day.  Today’s adventure was tubing with Kauai Backcountry and we got to learn all about the location as we rode in their company shuttle bus up to our mountain waterway. The creator […]

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Kauai – A New Beginning

December 3, 2024

Hosanna’s 12yr old adventure begins!  We left the house by 5a to make our 7a flight to Kauai.  It was Hosanna’s first time on a plane, since her last trip to Hawaii, when she was only a couple months old. After landing, a short taxi ride took us to Island Cars, a local car rental […]

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Homeward Bound – Italy

May 23, 2023

Our journey home began at 6:30a with a leisurely stroll from the apartment to the train station for our 7a train to the Rome international airport to make our 10a flight to Dallas.  All of our travel this trip has been logistically fairly easy.  We have baked in enough time at each interchange, so that […]

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Rome – Italy

May 22, 2023

In Rome we toured the colosseum, the roman forum, Trevi fountain, pantheon, circus Maximus and everything else we could see in the ancient city.  We walked from one end to the other.  We also got a chance to experience the Metro (subway).  It was so crowded that a full subway would arrive and then people […]

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Pisa – Italy

May 21, 2023

We left Florence earlier the next day to take the train to Pisa.  Our plan was to get to the leaning tower by the time it opened.  We had tried to get tickets, but everything was sold out.  Once in Pisa we dropped our bags off at a ‘Stow Your Bags’ store.  It allowed us […]

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