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Hawaii Trip – Polihale Beach

Gave the rental van a bit of a work-out driving to the most remote beach on Kauai today. There are lots of warnings online and in guidebooks about the condition of the road but to be honest, it sort of reminded me of some of the backroads in Saskatchewan – lots of washboard but nothing […]

¶ Posted 15 January 2012 § Family § Humour ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, travel, unitedstates

Hawaii Trip – Shave Ice

Pace enjoys a local Hawaiian delicacy in the town made famous by the song, “Puff the Magic Dragon”, Hanalei…

¶ Posted 14 January 2012 § Family § Humour § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, food, travel, unitedstates

Hawaii Trip – Kauai From The Air

We’re a couple days into our trip and finally over our jet lag and the time change (four hours earlier than home) though Shea and I still find ourselves going to bed around 8pm (midnight at home) and getting up at 4am (8am at home) so far. We’re on Kauai’s east side so that’s okay […]

¶ Posted 13 January 2012 § Family § Humour § Politics ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: cool, economics, history, holiday, travel, unitedstates, weather

Hawaii Trip – We made it!

¶ Posted 12 January 2012 § Family ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, parents, travel, unitedstates

Hawaii Trip – Almost there…

¶ Posted 11 January 2012 § Family ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, travel, unitedstates

Trip Planning in the Digital Age

Here’s a list, roughly from most to least useful, of the sites, apps and other online resources I used in researching our trip to Hawaii. The links I’ve included are mostly to info about Kauai since that’s our first stop but most of these searches were repeated for Maui info. YouTube – I always think […]

¶ Posted 10 January 2012 § Family § Technology ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: cool, economics, holiday, metafilter, travel

In One Week…

…this is where I’ll be! (And with the waterproof case we got for my iPhone from Santa, this could very well be me taking this exact video! Of course, it was +6 in Regina today and a high of +19 (!) in Maple Creek, SK so, with Lihue Kauai coming in at +23, my timing […]

¶ Posted 05 January 2012 § Family § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: cool, holiday, travel, unitedstates, weather

2011 “End of Year Questions” Meme: Cuba Libre, Newfoundland Screech, and Skinny Minnie Me

As promised yesterday, here’s my 2011 “end-of-year question” meme answers. I’ve done a few slight revisions to the list I’ve used in past years but have also left some of the questions I thought about taking out because I don’t like them or I answer them the same way every year… 1. What did you […]

¶ Posted 31 December 2011 § Meme ‡ Comments (2) °

Friday Fun Link – My Year in First Lines

Every year on December 31, I do a “Year End Memes” post which has two parts – the first answers a bunch of questions about the past year. The second provides an overview of my year via the first lines of each month’s blog post during the past twelve months. Last year, I split them […]

¶ Posted 30 December 2011 § Family § FridayFunLink § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: parents, travel

A Small Pat on the Back (or Is That the Belly?)

As is often the case with many people who gain weight as they get older, I went from a high school graduating weight of 180 lbs to a “freshman fifteen” (okay, forty!) that took me up to around 220 in undergrad to a lifestyle in Calgary that was full of drinking beer, eating out and […]