Friday, October 4, 2024 We flew into LaGuardia on Friday afternoon and took a cab to our hotel, NU Hotel in downtown Brooklyn. We checked in and dropped off our bags, then walked down toward …
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Dinosaur World and Mammoth Cave – July 20, 2024
Since LS had enjoyed exploring caves and lava tubes in Hawaii, we decided we needed to take her to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, since it is not too far from us. LS is also super …
Continue readingBig Island with Kids: Hapuna Beach – June 28 – July 2, 2024
Friday, June 28, 2024 On Friday, we spent our morning relaxing at the beach and our afternoon at the pool. In the evening, we jumped onto the Mauna Kea shuttle and headed over to that …
Continue readingBig Island with Kids: Kona area – June 27, 2024
Thursday, June 27, 2024 One last adventure day before relaxing resort time takes over! On Thursday, we headed down towards Kona. We had a scheduled tour of the Kona Cloud Forest Sanctuary, but first we …
Continue readingBig Island with Kids: Hilo area – June 26, 2024
Wednesday, June 26, 2024 The next morning we checked out of our Volcano Airbnb and headed towards Hilo. Our next accommodations were on the northwest side of the island, but we were taking a little …
Continue readingBig Island with Kids: Volcanoes National Park and South Point – June 25, 2024
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 We weren’t quite done with the national park after our adventures the day before, but first we took a short roadtrip to go check out the most southern point of the …
Continue readingBig Island with Kids: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park – June 24, 2024
Monday, June 24, 2024 The next day we headed over to Volcanoes National Park, arriving right as the Visitor’s Center opened. We picked up a Junior Ranger handbook for LS, then hopped back in the …
Continue readingKauai with Kids: Princeville area – June 22-23, 2024
Saturday, June 22, 2024 Our final full day in Kauai, we decided to go check out Anini Beach. This is a smaller beach near Princeville. The road narrows to one lane and gets bumpy at …
Continue readingKauai with Kids: Poipu area – June 21, 2024
Friday, June 21, 2024 On Friday, we headed down to Poipu to explore the southern part of the island. Our first stop on the way from Princeville was a delicious breakfast at Java Kai. I …
Continue readingKauai with Kids: Ha’ena State Park – June 20, 2024
Thursday, June 20, 2024 On Thursday, we had shuttle reservations to Ha’ena State Park. I had tried to get one of the coveted parking spaces by waking up at 5am 30 days out, but had …
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