"It is a big and beautiful world. Most of us live and die in the same corner where we were born and never get to see any of it. I don't want to be most of us." -Oberyn Martell, Game of Thrones
Sometimes you plan a trip and everything goes perfectly. Sometimes you think you have perfectly planned a trip and hell welcomes you and your hand basket with open arms. And then there are trips that fall somewhere in the middle. Everything works out, but you may return home with a few more grey hairs. This [...]
Most people have a bucket list, whether they write it down or just keep an ongoing list in their heads. Things they want to do, places they want to visit... And I am no different. I've been making this list, sometimes on paper and sometimes in my mind, for years now. And every so often, [...]
The first stop on our 2015 Hawaii vacation was actually the island of Maui. We only spent two days on Maui, but still had a great time. If we could go back to Hawaii, Maui would be on the top of the list. There are many things we didn't get the chance to do (like [...]
In 2015, we finally made it to Hawaii (after years of simply talking about going). We had only one week to see as much as we could and we spent most of that time on the island of Oahu. It was as beautiful as we imagined, and a lot more crowded. As suspected, Hawaii is [...]
It was May of 2015 and there I was, enjoying the beautiful beaches of Maui. Lying on my beach towel, eyes closed, listening to the waves crash along the shoreline. Flash forward to February 2018. It's cold and raining and I'm sitting inside my house next to a tiny space heater listening to it crackle [...]
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