Hiking to Pu’u Hina on the Pupu Kea Trail • October 15, 2017 We were on a roll in terms of hiking these first couple of weeks, doing a hike almost every weekend. What’s more, we had done a hike Windward, Leeward, Southward, and in the Valley, so it seemed appropriate that we do a hike…
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 Aiea Loop Trail • October 8, 2017 After our hike the day before we felt that we should keep up the hiking while the weather was good. We figured that while we were living around Pearl Harbor we would take advantage of the centrality of our location and get some hiking done in all…
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…
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…