Monthly Archives: March 2007

Snorkeling, Volcanoes, Beaches, and more

Here are the additional pictures I’ve been promising. Snorkeling pictures can be seen here. Pictures of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park can be viewed here. Finally, I’ve collected a few shots of various beaches and other miscellaneous items located at this link. Or you can view a summary page of all five of our Hawaii galleries [...]

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helicopter tour of Hawaii

As I alluded to in one of my previous posts, we toured the big Island by chopper last Friday. We toured with Blue Hawaiian tours, the Cadillac of helicopter tours, and saw some great sites of the western, northern, and northeastern sections of the island. The aircraft was top of the line and decked out [...]

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Outrigger Hotel and more Kona sunsets

I’m in the process of uploading some of the pictures from our hotel at the Keahou resort area in Kona. This is a great hotel with a lot to offer. The hotel is on the water and we were lucky enough to have a ocean view from our room. Because it faced to the west, [...]

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helicopter tour today…

We took a 55 minute helicopter tour today of the big island just around noon local time. It was the first time either Margie or I had flown in a chopper, so needless to say we were quite excited. The company we toured with really took care of us and showed us more than we could have [...]

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on the Big Island!

Hawaii is absolutely amazing! We are living it up here in the tropical landscape. Hawaii….where the air is so dewey sweet you don’t even have to lick a stamp. We are staying at the Outrigger hotel in Kona, on the west side of the Big Island. Today we went snorkeling on the beach in front [...]

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