Cobblings from My Memories

I recently stumbled across this photo on my phone. Upon first glance, you’d assume this was taken in a bathroom from a hotel. More specifically, a Hampton Inn. That’s what it says right there on the towel, right? Well you’d be wrong. That towel is in my bathroom back home in Louisville. And it’s not […]

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Golf on the Island

Normally when the wife and I go to Hawaii, I try to squeeze in at least two rounds of golf. But since I was dragging the wife to three UK basketball games while on a Hawaiian vacation, I figured more than one round of gold would be pushing my luck. I know, I’m such a […]

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Maui: A Fond Farewell

Looks like this will be my last post from Maui. I still have several hours left here before I head to the airport and the reverse trip from hell back to DC, where apparently it will be 40 degrees, snowy, rainy and windy as we land. Brilliant. I will miss this island. I constantly refer […]

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Maui: Whale Watchin

Hell yes. I saw a couple whales breach today. And I got the sequence of one of them (pictured above) to prove it. Awesome. And let me tell you, it was breathtaking to see in person. Today was my first-ever time on a boat. Well, a boat that was not called a ferry that took […]

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Maui: Ah, to be Young

Wednesday I got to play my second round of golf here on Maui. The first round on Monday, at Kapalua’s Bay Course, was not as successful as I had hoped. Granted, it was my first time even swinging a club in 4 months, so some rust was to be expected. And while I was a […]

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Maui: View of the Beach

Yes, go ahead and hate me. I don’t care. But I wanted to be fun and test out posting a video to this blog for the first time. I shot video with three different digital cameras, but for some reason I couldn’t get the video to recognize. So I decided to go danger ghetto style […]

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Maui: 10,000 Feet of Pain

Searing pain. All through my body. That’s what I feel hours after coming down from the Haleakala Crater, a volcano on Maui 10,000 feet above sea level. The air was thin, the hiking was slow and I feel mocked by a couple from Alaska, but in the end I am very pleased at our efforts […]

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Maui: Taking on the Crater

Tomorrow (Tuesday) morning, we are waking up nice and early and attacking (OK, hiking) the crater at Haleakala Volcano. It’s been inactive for decades, so I don’t have to worry about going Joe Banks on anyone. Looking forward to it. We hiked about 2 miles of it last year on the honeymoon, but now we’re […]

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Maui: The Economics

When we first landed and got over to the beach, it was late and dark. The next day was a Friday, so I wrote it off that we got here before the weekend truly began. It’s now Sunday afternoon and one thing is for sure: The recession is definitely noticeable here. As one might say, […]

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