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Helpless Female Visits La Perouse Bay in Maui with Wild Greg

December 3, 2012 by Laura Blodgett 4 Comments

The lava fields along La Perouse Bay in Maui

What would a tropical island be without lava?  But, I prefer my lava served cold.  They have some of that out on the most southwestern corner of Maui, along La Perouse Bay.  Wild Greg had previously checked it out and decided it would be a good place to test my limits of interacting with uncertainty. […]

Kula Botanical Gardens on Maui – Stretch Your Legs In a Refreshing Change of Scenery

November 10, 2012 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

The entrance to Kula Botanical Gardens

Even on Maui, you may feel the need to do something besides lay on the beach or swim in the ocean.  Kula Botanical Gardens is up high on the side of Haleakala, the southern dormant volcano.  Just like the east side of the island, it is commonly under dense cloud cover, but that is partly what […]

Hawaiian Fabric Brings the Mellow Vacation Mood Home

September 19, 2012 by Laura Blodgett 7 Comments

Hawaiian fabric - oodles of colorful prints

It happened because of the red-eye flight.  We had several hours to fill with non-sandy, dry activities and no place to go.  While cruising near the back harbor, we saw a fabric store.  I exclaimed with delight and Explorer Husband panicked.  But, he realized how much fun I would have, so we compromised:  He dropped […]

Looking for Twin Falls in the Maui Jungle – Helpless Female Goes on Another Wild Greg Adventure Tour

September 14, 2012 by Laura Blodgett 6 Comments

raw coconut snack for pre-tour energy boost

Wild Greg Adventure Tours can promise you: the tour guide will try to give you the slip nearly vertical rocky ascents clinging by your fingertips crossing murky bodies of water Don’t be deceived by the presence of other relaxed tourists at the starting area.  While they are sauntering along a wide, well groomed path, you […]

Helpless Female versus The Ghost Crab

September 11, 2012 by Laura Blodgett 6 Comments

beautiful beach sunset

As the evening light faded, the thin layer of water left over from each wave shimmered like glass in the twilight. If we concentrated, we could barely see the mine field of ghost crab pits along the shore. All sizes of ghost crabs were visible perched on the edges of their holes, silent white spiders […]

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