My father was an officer in WWII and trained in Hawaii. He never talked much about his military experience, but said he spent most of that time on a beach, in a pup tent, lacking any luxury, with no desire to return. My mom, on the other hand, always had Hawaii on her short, but…
Continue reading →I don’t know why, but I expected, after all the foreign ports we had approached by sea, that Hilo would look different….I guess more ‘merican (which, according to the urban dictionary, is a word that means “American”, but doesn’t require you to put your burger and fries down to use the shift button in order to…
Continue reading →We were supposed to be in the southern hemisphere this winter, when it is summer there. South America, Africa, Seychelles. Well, that part of the cruise was cancelled and we couldn’t quite get over it. Our calendar was totally empty and we just got back our refunded money that was already spent in our minds. So…
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