by Deonne Kahler | Mar 29, 2014 | Travel
I’m writing a series of posts about my trip to Ireland, but I thought I’d start with some things you should know if you get the chance to go: Driving on the left side of the road isn’t too rough. You get used to it pretty fast. But. Other than the highways, the roads...
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 29, 2014 | Travel
You haven’t experienced real love until you and your significant other stand together, watching your shit pour onto the ground at your feet. No, this is not a metaphor. That’s how my latest Scampabout began, in my driveway. And before you RV pros chastise me for not...
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 28, 2014 | Travel
Should’ve known what my future would hold.
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 28, 2014 | Travel
I’ll write a longer post about my trip to New Orleans, with lots of photos, but not today. I’ve got to handle some much needed post-vacation desk excavation. But I wanted to give you a taste of my weekend: Note my horrified, involuntary voiceover. Best...
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 28, 2014 | Travel
On my trip to Hawaii in March I saw all seven national parks. (Read more about my adventures here, here, here, and here.) The most fascinating of the bunch was Pu’uhonua o Honaunau National Park on the Big Island, and no, I can’t possibly pronounce it. When you...
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 28, 2014 | Travel
Maui is one of those strange places that’s both unbelievably beautiful yet feels like a regular town where people live and work. I’d rented a car – a tiny white clown car I’m pretty sure was run on hamster power – and driving from the airport to my hotel I found...
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 28, 2014 | Travel
What better way to follow up my maudlin Pearl Harbor experience than a visit to Molokai, land of fatal disease and forced isolation. Fun! Turns out it actually was fun. And fascinating. Sad, definitely. Also, beautiful. You can read more about Molokai’s Kalaupapa...
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 28, 2014 | Travel
Despite wondering if a giant wall of water might kill me, the Hawaii trip was fabulous. I visited four of the seven islands – Oahu, Molokai, Maui, and the Big Island – and saw all seven of Hawaii’s national parks. It was a relatively complicated trip to plan, what...
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 28, 2014 | Confessions, Travel
I was in Hawaii when the Japanese tsunami hit, and this post telling the story is much longer than usual, part of a book-length manuscript I’m working on. It’s also more serious than the norm, so I hope you like it. Back to regularly scheduled programming next time....
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 28, 2014 | Travel
Nothing extraordinary happened on this last trip to Southern Arizona. I didn’t get lost or run out of gas or make a spectacle of myself in restaurants or get stung by rage-filled insects. (For more of this kind of fun see the “mishaps” tag on the right.) I also didn’t...
