Category Archives: Travel

As of about 6:30am today, we are back in Dallas.  And now the long process of reintegrating with a non-vacationing society must begin.  Suffice it to say that we aren’t as excited about this prospect as we were with beginning … Continue reading →

  Kauai Rain    Originally uploaded by bill_eisenhauer. Its really a good thing that the two of us are mostly just happy to be away from Dallas and happy to be in Kauai no matter what the circumstances.  A couple … Continue reading →

  Rock formations at Secret Beach    Originally uploaded by bill_eisenhauer. We decided to try Plan A from Wednesday on Thursday and enjoyed some success this time.  We had nice sun for the early part of Wednesday and drove to … Continue reading →

It is well-known that the north side of the island of Kauai gets more rain, but we are getting it almost every day.  This has made it somewhat challenging to get sustained sunshine on any of the northern beaches.  As … Continue reading →

  Kayaking Hanalei River    Originally uploaded by bill_eisenhauer. On Monday, our second full day, we had planned to kayak the Hanalei River.  We chose this river for our first ever kayaking experience because it was very calm and because … Continue reading →

  Beach to our left    Originally uploaded by bill_eisenhauer. Unlike other tropical places, Kauai offers you all the space you could ever want on many of its beaches.  This is a picture of the beach we visited on Monday.  … Continue reading →

Three words you don’t want to hear or say while on vacation are "salvage the trip".  Such a statement means things have probably gone very wrong.  But alas, we heard them today. But don’t worry, its probably not as bad … Continue reading →

Sunday was our first official day on the island.  The day you arrive just doesn’t count since you are mostly having a jet lag-induced out-of-body experience.  As alluded to, Sunday was a day of rain on the north side.  We … Continue reading →

I was thinking of this quote by Ferris Bueller that began, "Life moves pretty fast…" but I can’t seem to finish it.  Sure, I could Google it, but its not that important.  The point is that its been eight months … Continue reading →