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- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Around 4 months before we were due to visit Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (NP) on the big island of Hawaii, I received a text from my sister asking if I had seen the news that a volcano was erupting there. I pulled up the National Park webpage and started to scroll through their updates on… Read more: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park - Southern Oahu Day Trip: Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, and Manoa Falls
Confession time: we are not city people. I can hear some of you gasping and scoffing right now, and that is okay. We know what we like, and spending our valuable vacation time seeing a dozen museums and dealing with city traffic is not it. Whenever we travel, we purposefully limit our time in cities.… Read more: Southern Oahu Day Trip: Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, and Manoa Falls - Oahu: Day Trip to the North Shore
The North Shore of Oahu is likely most famous as a surfing destination. Experienced surfers seek the big waves of the North Shore beaches in the winter when the swells are at their highest (30 ft!), and the region continues to draw surfers during the summer months when beginners can try their hand at milder… Read more: Oahu: Day Trip to the North Shore - Planning an Itinerary: Islands of Oahu and Hawaii
When most parents think of vacationing with two children under five, their first impulse may not be to choose a destination that requires over 24 hours of flight time. Being the avid adventuring (and maybe slightly crazy) type, that is just what we did on our family trip to Hawaii. Now that we’ve done it—and… Read more: Planning an Itinerary: Islands of Oahu and Hawaii
