Tag Archives: Big Island

Departing Hawaii and Heading Back to Reality

This is the end of our vacation on the Big Island of Hawaii. Our last chance to do some sightseeing and then we bid farewell to “Hammy” our rental Jeep and return home.

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Hiking to Papakolea Green Sand Beach on the Big Island of Hawaii

It’s our last full day on Hawaii and there is still one place left on our “must visit” list: the famous Green Sand Beach, known properly as Papakolea Beach. It’s an almost three mile hike each way but we’ were … Continue reading

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Glass Bottom Boat Tour on Hawaii’s Big Island

We are entering our last weekend on Hawaii and we continue to tour and sightsee on the Big Island. The highlight today is touring on a glass bottom boat to check out some fish and sea creatures.

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Kona Coffee Living History Farm

We are kicking off our second week on the Big Island of Hawaii and it’s my first day as a 50-something. It wouldn’t be a DanOCan special day if I didn’t get in a little Geocaching and we start by … Continue reading

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Exploring the North Side of the Big Island

We don’t always plan our days. Sometimes we enjoy just seeing where the winds take us. We start at Pu’ukohola Heiau National Historic Site and then just decide to start driving north and see what we find. We visit the … Continue reading

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