Sylvia's Scenario

We took our first snorkeling cruise on the Fair Wind forty-three years ago on our honeymoon.  It was my first visit to Hawaii, even though Bruce had visited a dozen times already and he couldn't wait to bring me along.  His parents had a condo here on the Kona Coast of the Big Island of Hawaii so he always had a free place to stay when he came.  He already knew about the Fair Wind snorkeling cruise that takes you to one of the best snorkeling locations on Hawaii's Big Island since 1971.  They take you to a Marine Life Conservation District, the only underwater state park on the Big Island.  There are no roads that lead to it so the only way you can go snorkeling there is to go by boat or by hiking.  Last year, we actually took the hike to get to the bay, called Kealakekua Bay.  It is a 1.8 mile one-way hike with a 2,000 ft elevation, so it was a  bit of a work out coming back up but we could handle it.  Needless to say, there are not a lot of...

I've traveled far and wide but I've finally found my Ultimate Burger. Yes, the All-American meal of burger and fries, it's something I don't promote, but lets face it, we all eat it!  Right?!  And I was craving it after a week of eating fish and seafood.  I'm in Kona, Hawaii right now, soaking up the rays, sunshine, the constant smell of flowers and listening to all the tropical birds fluttering around, paradise for sure.  And the delicious food... We've been here 6 days now and I've ordered seafood for every meal that we've eaten out except breakfast.  I did have Portuguese sausage for breakfast instead of bacon which is delicious.  Not to mention the Oatmeal Brulee... We have all our favorite places since we've been coming here for 30 years, in fact, we are here for our 30th wedding anniversary.  We honeymooned here 30 years ago.  That's hard to image but it's true.  It's changed in 30 years, of course, but we don't th...