Monthly Archives: March 2013

Famous Trees

On our second last day in Hawaii, we toured the Allerton Gardens.  We had a very amusing tour guide, which always makes the tour that much better.  It was a very pretty place, and quite a nice activity for a … Continue reading

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It’s Pi Day!

It’s Pi Day once again!  Two years ago I posted Saskatoon Berry Pie, last year it was Key Lime Pie, so this year I decided to veer off the fruit based pie path, and go in a different direction.  Even … Continue reading

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Waimea Canyon

The island of Kauai has a large canyon on the northwestern section of the island.  It is quite huge, and our guidebook said that there was an urban legend that claimed Mark Twain once called it the ‘Grand Canyon of … Continue reading

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Coffee, Nutella and Chocolate

Stop whatever you are doing.  Go turn your oven on to 350F.  Go ahead, I’ll wait. Good.  You will need that, because you need to make these brownies.  They have Nutella in them, which is all that really needs to … Continue reading

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Photo Tour

We spent one day of our trip on a photo tour, which was quite fun.  We did a bit of hiking, although not as much as we had hoped we would get to do because of the muddy conditions of … Continue reading

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Na Pali

So it’s kind of late, but I was editing and lost track of time, so I figured I might as well post a couple pictures before I went to bed.  What’s a few more minutes of awake time, anyway?  I’ll … Continue reading

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Air Travel

Our flight to Hawaii departed in the early afternoon from Calgary Airport which is a five hour drive, on good roads.  Since it is February, we decided to leave a day early, and stay with friends in Calgary.  Alas, the … Continue reading

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