Happy birthday to me from Hawaii! It has kind of thrown off my groove to be both warm and sunburned on both Thanksgiving and my birthday. Sad life, I know. The first thing on the agenda was to try out stand up paddleboarding. For those of you who do not know (like me a week […]
Ben: Our morning in Hana was spent in search of awesome beaches. The first on the list was a red sand beach. Hana has one of Maui’s most well-known beach of this variety, and given that it was supposed to be less than a half mile from our yurt, we decided to start there. It […]
With the Haleakala summit now under our belts, we finally felt like we could relax and enjoy the island without worrying about the huge mountain staring down at us all the time. We had planned to head on the road to Hana and we planned to do it by bicycle. Unfortunately, we were running into […]
Ben: One of the main reasons we came to Maui was to make an attempt at climbing the Haleakala Crater by bicycle. Haleakala in the tallest peak on Maui, standing at a whopping 10,023 feet above sea level. For context, that’s about like riding a bike from sea level to the peak of Brighton. We […]
Maui is great so far. It has awesome beaches, and best of all, no snow. Today was our first day out exploring the island. We spent the morning doing the typical Hawaii thing (beaches and boogie boarding), which I can say is hard to beat in late November. The beach right across […]
Well Bree and I are off for another adventure. This time – Maui. This trip has been a little unusual in that we haven’t planned out every second. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what kind of conundrums we find can get ourself into. Several weeks ago we purchased backpacking packs […]
A few months ago, we snagged a Groupon for Cloud9 Paragliding and figured it would be a fun date for our anniversary. (I guess we’re just not the dinner and a movie type…) We ended up running into some weather problems and had to reschedule for a few days later, but it was worth the […]
On Monday we celebrated two years of wedded bliss. Neither of us are much the mushy type, so you can imagine my surprise when Ben took the afternoon off and showed up to my office with these. I’m married to such a great guy. We’d planned to go paragliding in honor of the occasion, […]
Once we’d had a nap, cooked some lunch, and spent a few hours recovering from the 12 or so miles of hiking we did in the morning, we headed over to Goblin Valley to see some hoodoos. I’m not altogether sure what we expected, but Goblin Valley didn’t disappoint. Amazing stuff. Extra points because you […]
We spent the morning hiking a popular slot near Goblin Valley – Little Wild Horse Canyon. It is a great little canyon as long as you get there before the crowds (of which on a UEA weekend there are many). The approach into the canyon is relatively short – just over 1/2 of a mile. […]
The clock is ticking until winter hits, so we are taking advantage of every chance we have to get outside. Today we took a drive up the Mirror Lake Highway. It was great to get some fresh air and take some pictures of the fall foliage. The weather was a little cold, but it was […]
It had been a while since we visited the place where Ben proposed, so for our Friday date we headed up Mueller Park canyon to view the leaves and get some fresh air. We couldn’t have asked for better weather. I always love the time the hike gives us to walk and chat and check […]