Molokini Crater can be seen from the beaches on the Kihei side of the island… I want to say that’s the west side but I want even less to look that up. Feel free to debunk my laziness. We’ve seen it each time we’ve been here and have wanted to Read more
There are organizations through which you can volunteer a few hours while you’re visiting the islands. We ended up booking time to help at an animal sanctuary through Malama Hawaii. There are other types of volunteer opportunities such as cleaning up beaches, gardening, and more. If you’re interested in lending Read more
Given that this is our third visit to Maui and that some of these places and things are repeats, it’s tough to know how to catalog it. I’ve decided to break it into four posts. The first (this one) will cover our beach days and where we stayed. The next Read more
As we often do, Sarah and I popped down to San Diego for a few days to get out of the heat. School has just let out and so naturally we went straight back to learning by heading to their Natural History Museum for a small but mighty exhibit called Read more
Over Sarah’s 2026 Spring Break we decided to check out Chicago. We’ve never been and have heard great things but also we can get a direct flight from PSP to ORD which, let’s be honest, is a top-tier consideration these days. I wrote about the great food we had in Read more
For those of you who are not interested in my chatter, here’s a gallery of just the pictures from the other two Chicago posts (The Food & The Sights)
In late January of 2026 Sarah, Darian, Ryan, and I took a trip up to Napa. Ryan was in town on business so we decided to make a weekend of it. We opted for a wine tour with Platypus Tours (your guess is as good as mine 🤷♂️) and stayed Read more
For a month each spring, The Living Desert gets taken over by thousands of glowing sculptures. It’s an event called Wild Glow and believe it or not, it changes every year. Each sculpture is made of what appears to be a welded wire mesh with a sort of translucent fabric Read more
The place we stayed the night before, in Doolin, was unremarkable so I’m not going to bother wish photos. However they did have a map for guests to pin their homelands. I somehow managed to cram one into the already over-marked southern tip of CA. There was also a group Read more
This stop was a bit of an odd one. It was part historical site (the castle and some remaining structures) and part faux town of yesteryear. To their credit, it was sometimes hard to tell which parts were original structures and which parts were fake. At one point we wandered Read more