November 2017 Happenings • Moanalua Valley Trail • Hiking to Manoa Falls November was a rather challenging month. We were still living out of a hotel, waiting somewhat impatiently to get through the escrow process, and dealing with PCS complications such as the car registration. On top of all of that Curtis had to be gone, leaving…
Hiking to the Pu’u O Hulu Pillbox • October 14, 2017 At this point, we had been living on Oahu for 2.5 weeks (3.5 for Curtis) and had been staying in a hotel this entire time. We had found our home within the first 5 days of searching, but the escrow process in Hawaii is always…
Hiking the Makapu’u Lighthouse Trail • October 7, 2017 The Makapu’u Lighthouse Trail is a very easy walk, right around 2 miles round-trip, gradually gaining elevation on a wide, paved road which is essentially a highway for tourists. It took us 2 tries to make it to the end. That’s pretty sad for experienced hikers, right?…
Our First Hawaiian Hike • Pu’u Ma’eli’eli Pillbox Hike • September 29, 2017 Our first days together on Oahu were mostly consumed with searching for a home (more details on that will be shared in a later post). On our second day of searching, we drove out to Kaneohe on the East side of the island to look…
Our PCS to Hawaii • May – November 2017 After we received our orders to Hawaii (read about how we found out here), we were very overwhelmed by all the different details we had to work out. One thing that was helpful to me was reading other blogs written by military wives about their experience. This…
Once in Portland, I spent Monday afternoon cleaning out our rental car and repacking all my luggage. On Tuesday, 9/26, I took Charlotte to get a bath at Petsmart so she’d be all clean and ready for our flight (I had read that if quarantine found any sort of ticks or parasites on an animal…