Vagabond's Compass

I awoke this morning to what can only be described as driving rain.  I got ready, went to breakfast in the Hotel Restaurant. Still raining. ...

I made my way eastward from the beach and soon found myself in Volcanoes National Park.  I arrived a few minutes after the visitor's cen...

As I head down the coast I hit two National Historic Parks: Kaloka-Honokohau and Pu'uhonua o Honauna.  Both were important Hawaiian cult...

Today, I woke and left my hotel by 5am, but, advantage to traveling +6 hours, this was no problem since I had already been up for hours :-) ...

So this is my third trip to Hawaii and I know it to have a super stable climate with temps rarely climbing above the mid-80’s and a ...

I have a conference on Oahu this week, so I’m headed out early and going to do a tour of the Big Island!   I’ve always wanted to go and it i...

I left work early today with the intent to drive South and make it for J's son's Bday in Georgia.  Unfortunately, I hit traffic ever...