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Maui vacation

Bob H - 3-27-2011 at 12:31 PM

Just got back from Lahaina, on Maui. And also the Big Island.

Here is our condo view while in Maui!

Bob H - 3-27-2011 at 12:33 PM

T-Shirts For Sale

Bob H - 3-27-2011 at 12:37 PM

c-cktail Time

Bob H - 3-27-2011 at 12:40 PM

Yet another sunset!

baronvonbob - 3-27-2011 at 12:41 PM

The pictures were a little hard to see, had to shake the snow off my computer, yes I am jealous :lol:

Cypress - 3-27-2011 at 12:56 PM

Bob H, Thanks for the pictures. I was convinced somewhere in Baja was the place for me to retire. The fishing.

The property ownership ? :?:

Changed my mind. Now focused on Hawaii. Did you go to Hana?

Ken Bondy - 3-27-2011 at 01:00 PM

Nice series Bob!! But I don't see the cigars on the table

David K - 3-27-2011 at 01:24 PM

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Originally posted by Cypress
Bob H, Thanks for the pictures. I was convinced somewhere in Baja was the place for me to retire. The fishing.

The property ownership ? :?:

Changed my mind. Now focused on Hawaii. Did you go to Hana?

Do you have a bumper sticker saying you drove/ survived the road to Hana? :cool:

(did it in 1981)

Bob H - 3-27-2011 at 01:24 PM

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Originally posted by Cypress
Bob H, Thanks for the pictures. I was convinced somewhere in Baja was the place for me to retire. The fishing.

The property ownership ? :?:

Changed my mind. Now focused on Hawaii. Did you go to Hana?

Hana... yes. We did the entire island of Maui and also the Big Island all the way around. The two islands are just so different. I'll dig up some more images and post them later on.

There are lots of properties that can be had for a decent price (compared to San Diego, that is) with ocean views on the Big Island, for sure.

Bob H - 3-27-2011 at 01:27 PM

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Originally posted by David K

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Originally posted by Cypress
Bob H, Thanks for the pictures. I was convinced somewhere in Baja was the place for me to retire. The fishing.

The property ownership ? :?:

Changed my mind. Now focused on Hawaii. Did you go to Hana?

Do you have a bumper sticker saying you drove/ survived the road to Hana? :cool:

(did it in 1981)

That road reminded me of driving in Baja, for sure. With our Baja driving experience, it was a breeze, even though a lot of it is 'one lane', the pavement made it very easy. You just had to keep your eyes open on those blind curves.

We stopped and ate some some of the best banana bread I've ever eaten at Julia's!

Bob H - 3-27-2011 at 01:30 PM

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Originally posted by Ken Bondy
Nice series Bob!! But I don't see the cigars on the table

Thanks Ken, for the nice words. Coming from you, it means a lot.

For the cigars - I forgot to pack some in my spare tubos, dog-gone-it. The ones that were for sale over there in the smoke shops were way, way over priced, so I went cigarless on this trip. I'm talking $20 for a $5 cigar!

Cypress - 3-27-2011 at 01:37 PM

David K., No bumper stickers, but I've been to Hana. Gonna do it again, made the circle. It's a sweet ride. :yes:

Bajahowodd - 3-27-2011 at 02:10 PM

That Tsunami actually did some real damage over there. Right now, on the Big Island, both the Kona Village Resort, and the Four Seasons continue to be closed. In the case of Kona Village, it may never reopen. It's 45 years old and has been eclipsed by so many upscale properties nearby.

Bob H - 3-27-2011 at 02:25 PM

Went on a whale watching boat (snorkeling too) and got this shot of a breaching whale. It was hard to get a focused shot with the bobbing boat going on. But, here it is.

Bob H - 3-27-2011 at 02:36 PM

We encountered Dolphins also....

Spinners

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Bob H - 3-27-2011 at 02:42 PM

Audrey is hanging loose.... times 2 !!

Bob H - 3-27-2011 at 02:46 PM

Active volcano on the Big Island....

Bob H - 3-27-2011 at 02:49 PM

Now for a sunset on the big Island.... it just doesn't end.

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Marc - 3-27-2011 at 04:46 PM

Thanks for these images.

I have had a love affair with Hawaii since my days at Pearl Harbor. That's been 52 years now. Many changes over the years. The one place that seems to have stopped time are parts of the island of Hawaii. That 1950's feel is slowly disappearing there also.

Kihei wasn't much and had no sidewalks back then and the road ended there except for a rough jeep trail to the lava fields.

irenemm - 3-27-2011 at 04:48 PM

If i ever sell this place that is where I am going. Was there last year on 4 island 7 to 10 days on each. Hard to come back here.
We were there for a tsunami warning too while staying in Kona. Very liittle damage that time.

Cypress - 3-27-2011 at 06:37 PM

Bob H., Thanks for the pictures. Any more?
irenemm, Yep, that's my plan also.

Bob H - 3-27-2011 at 08:28 PM

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Originally posted by CypressFantas
Bob H., Thanks for the pictures. Any more?
irenemm, Yep, that's my plan also.

I will post more pictures, for sure! Fanstatic place!

elgatoloco - 3-27-2011 at 11:01 PM

Did you make it to Mama's Fish House in Paia? Good eats!

It's all good in Hawaii. Nice photos. Some of our nicest vacations have been sales trips to Hawaii. :biggrin:

irenemm - 3-27-2011 at 11:42 PM

oh Bob I am sorry I did forget to say thanks for all the beautiful pictures. I so enjoy them. I sent my computer so someone could get all my pictures off of it from last year. No memory left because it was only movie pictures and still pictures.
My 5 year old granddaughter has made me promise her a trip to Hawaii for her graduation from high school.
Stayed in a coffee plantation in Captain Cook for our last 2 nights. Was great and the best coffee of the whole trip.
When I move there you can come and visit.

Pompano - 3-28-2011 at 05:54 AM

Bob H...love Maui. Thanks for the flashback photos! Bravo, amigo.

Pacifico - 3-28-2011 at 08:12 AM

Nice pics Bob! Love the dolphin pics! I'm on the same page with you - I would love to end up in Kona. We love the Kailua-Kona area....

David K - 3-28-2011 at 08:32 AM

Good places thanks Bob... I stayed in Kihei, Maui for a week in '81 (no road around island then) and then stayed with a friend who lived in Capt. Cook on the Big Island for a week in '93 (toured the island, walked over the lava flows at sunset as they were pouring into the ocean)... I almost moved there, had an irrigation job in the works! Kona coffee was great from the plantations.

wessongroup - 3-28-2011 at 09:12 AM

The Big Island is my favorite... not that the others aren't nice also.... just a feeling I would get on the Big Island....

And your right... there are some really good deal over on the Big Island...

Thanks for the pictures... bring back some very nice thoughts... enjoy....

durrelllrobert - 3-28-2011 at 11:34 AM

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Originally posted by Bob H
Just got back from Lahaina, on Maui. And also the Big Island.

Here is our condo view while in Maui!

here I am catching the same sun in maui:

Bob H - 3-28-2011 at 12:18 PM

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Originally posted by elgatoloco
Did you make it to Mama's Fish House in Paia? Good eats!

It's all good in Hawaii. Nice photos. Some of our nicest vacations have been sales trips to Hawaii. :biggrin:

We drove by Mama's Fish house, but it was too early to eat there. Didn't make it back as there was soooo much to see. I heard that it's a great place to eat.

Bob H - 3-28-2011 at 12:21 PM

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Originally posted by David K
Good places thanks Bob... I stayed in Kihei, Maui for a week in '81 (no road around island then) and then stayed with a friend who lived in Capt. Cook on the Big Island for a week in '93 (toured the island, walked over the lava flows at sunset as they were pouring into the ocean)... I almost moved there, had an irrigation job in the works! Kona coffee was great from the plantations.

We spent a couple of nights also in Kihei... very cool area with lots of places to eat. We drove as far South as we could on that Road from Kihei and then toward the end, the road becomes very narrow and rough to the lava flows.

Bob H - 4-9-2011 at 09:37 AM

Dang, looked at this thread again. We gotta get back there. It was just way too much fun!!

Bajahowodd - 4-9-2011 at 01:21 PM

And maybe do Kauai the next time? My actual fave.

Cypress - 4-9-2011 at 01:37 PM

Been to Baja and to Hawaii. Like 'em both. But??? One is in the USA and the other is in Mexico.

BajaBlanca - 4-9-2011 at 06:43 PM

wow, I have never been ... those are some outstanding photos ... thanks for posting.

irenemm - 4-9-2011 at 10:03 PM

Cypress, that so right. I will never go off North America except to Hawaii.
I love that place all of the Islands I would take anyone anytime.
No on is in a hurry. You never hear a horn it is a very rude thing in Hawaii to blow your horn. NOt like here. Everyone so nice. What a place. Love it
BAjaBlanca go. Nothing better.

Bob H - 4-10-2011 at 08:48 AM

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Originally posted by irenemm
Cypress, that so right. I will never go off North America except to Hawaii.
I love that place all of the Islands I would take anyone anytime.
No on is in a hurry. You never hear a horn it is a very rude thing in Hawaii to blow your horn. NOt like here. Everyone so nice. What a place. Love it
BAjaBlanca go. Nothing better.

Totally AGREE!

Cypress - 4-10-2011 at 09:29 AM

Our daughter got married at a place called Makena Cove, it's a little south of Kihei. Next relocation will be somewhere on one of the islands.

vandenberg - 4-10-2011 at 12:08 PM

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Hardly fair to compare your part of Baja with the islands. You're pretty much located in the armpit of the peninsula. Stayed at your facility just last month. :no:

If you would compare anywhere south of Mulege with most of the islands, most folks will come up with a favorable opinion of Baja. Believe me, all that muggy 80 degree weather with no place to go, gets old in a hurry. :biggrin:

Cypress - 4-10-2011 at 12:36 PM

vandenberg, Have been up and down Baja and the Islands. I'll take the Islands. Just a personal choice. :biggrin:

Barbarosa - 4-10-2011 at 12:45 PM

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Originally posted by Cypress
Bob H, Thanks for the pictures. I was convinced somewhere in Baja was the place for me to retire. The fishing.:( The property ownership ?:?: Changed my mind. Now focused on Hawaii. Did you go to Hana?

Nice pix, indeed.

As for relocating there, in my experience most folks who have done that have gotten bored. I know I would. But then I love road trips.

I have a friend over there with a motorcycle and I tease her that she probly has a sign on her fridge that says (front and back): "clockwise" "counterclockwise" so she can keep track of how to vary her ride each day.

Cypress - 4-10-2011 at 12:55 PM

Barbarosa, You're right, "Island Fever" comes to mind. But I'm gonna give it a shot. :biggrin:

DanO - 4-10-2011 at 03:39 PM

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Originally posted by Bajahowodd
And maybe do Kauai the next time? My actual fave.

Yeah, there's no place like the North Shore of Kauai. Incredible scenery, stunning views, great surf, perfect weather, beautiful vibe. I was out in the water there once, getting my kids to paddle and stand up on a long board in some easy little surf, and one of them got a great ride. Nice popup after my push, a perfect little bottom turn (entirely by accident), stood tall and right in the pocket all the way to the beach, and then just stepped off onto the sand. Smooth, like he'd been doing it all his life. One of the guys out in the lineup was a local guy, a real Hawaiian waterman, and he cheered even louder than I did, for the entire ride, completely whooping it up. Got everyone else cheering too. I've never experienced such positive energy from a total stranger. You could tell that to that guy, catching and really digging into a wave is one of the most profound things you'll ever experience and he is totally stoked every time he sees it happen no matter who's doing it, where they're from, or what else they do for a living.

Here's what else I like about the North Shore:

The Hanalei Dolphin Fish Market. Damn fine poke and a great selection of fresh fish, including opah, my favorite. We pulled in one day to pick up some fish to cook for dinner, and a couple of Hawaiian guys were unloading half a dozen huge yellowfin tuna from a pickup and hauling them into the market. The fish looked like shiny torpedoes, with that vicious scythe of a tail. My sons, blown away by the size and vibrant colors of the massive fish, just stood there watching as they were carried past. One of the Hawaiians winked at the kids and said, "hey, you should be here when we bring in da big ones, bra."

Hanalei Bay. Routinely ranked as one of the best beaches in the world, for good reason. Can you say, "jogging supermodels"? Things like that make your first cup of Kauai coffee on the beach early in the morning something very special.

The chickens. If you know, I don't have to say anything else.

Three minute rainstorms at the beach, bracketed by blazing sun and warm tradewinds. One of my kids yelled to me from the water during one of these:
"Dad, dad, it's raining!"
"Yeah, so what?"
"I'm gonna get wet!"
"Uh, dude, you're in the water. Aren't you already wet?"
"Oh, yeah."
Seriously. You can't make this stuff up.

The farmers' markets. Tons of amazing stuff I didn't even know existed, including reasonably priced passion fruit.

Watching the kids dive off the Hanalei pier. They spent entire days just doing that (in between trips to get shave ice). Why not? Pretty soon they'll be spending entire days banging their heads against the wall like the rest of us.

Shave ice. It's a meal in a cup. Well, it is at least 1,000 calories, if you're doing it right.

Kipu Falls. The falls feed a deep freshwater swimming hole under a canopy of trees more than 30 feet above the water from which the local kids, who appear to have absolutely no fear, do acrobatic falls and dives. Tourists do belly flops and faceplants off a rope swing that drops them a measly 20 feet. A good time is had by all.

The Nui. Again, if you know, I don't need to say anything else.

The young Hawaiian surfers who tear up the big surf that sometimes closes out the Bay, without using surf leashes. A good number of them, I'm told by an amused lifeguard, also do not know how to swim. Leashes and swimming are for wusses, apparently.

Kayaking (except the part where my wife bites it in the surf while landing on the beach and comes up without those really expensive #*!$ing sunglasses she needed for the trip to Hawaii).

Beach boys giving surf lessons to and putting the make on tourist hotties in the lineup. If and when I am reincarnated, I want to be one of those guys.

Snorkeling at Ke'e Beach. Ever seen a sea urchin the size of a basketball?

Mai tais on the lanai at sunset. Hell, mai tais on the lanai pretty much any time. After all, it rhymes.

The one thing about the North Shore that I don't like? Leaving.

drarroyo - 4-10-2011 at 04:30 PM

Stayed two months (from Hilton to camping) on Kauai.
Give me Baja ANY day! 'different strokes' I guess.

vandenberg - 4-10-2011 at 06:14 PM

Leave the islands to the Japanese. They're used to living on an island in closed quarters. :no:

Baja has them beat by a million miles. :biggrin:

(except for the armpit part.:no

Bob H - 4-10-2011 at 06:50 PM

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Originally posted by vandenberg
Leave the islands to the Japanese. They're used to living on an island in closed quarters. :no:

Baja has them beat by a million miles. :biggrin:

(except for the armpit part.:no

I love Baja. And, I also beg to differ on your opinion about 'closed quarters'... there is so much open space, vast land and mountains, waterfalls and so many things to do on the Hawaian Islands, it's just unbelievable. It's just different than Baja. Every place in the world I have visited has rewarded me with a variety of rewarding experiences. visiting Honolulu, Kawaii, Maui and the Big Island over the years. The world is there for us, not just Baja. Get out there and see as much as you can while you are able. I love travel and will do it till my dying day!

(and, I really do not understand your reference to the Japanese people)

Barbarosa - 4-10-2011 at 07:05 PM

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Originally posted by Bob H

I love Baja. And, I also beg to differ on your opinion about 'closed quarters'... there is so much open space, vast land and mountains, waterfalls and so many things to do on the Hawaian Islands, it's just unbelievable. It's just different than Baja. Every place in the world I have visited has rewarded me with a variety of rewarding experiences. visiting Honolulu, Kawaii, Maui and the Big Island over the years. The world is there for us, not just Baja. Get out there and see as much as you can while you are able. I love travel and will do it till my dying day!

Spoken like a tourist, I fear. (I, too, am but a tourist there. OK by me.) An island, in the end, is still just an island.

I completely agree with you about "*VISITING* "Honolulu, Kawaii, Maui, and the Big Island over the years." The operative word is visiting.

Now, circumscribe an area around you, right where you are, and consider if you had only *that* to explore -- except when you took a MAJOR trip. It proves to be very limiting for most folks.