Day 366: The End
The kids slept for most of our 5-hour flight from Lihue to LAX. Margaret and I were dozing on and off — I think I got around two hours of...
Category: Travel Day
Day 365: The Journey Home Begins!!!!!!!!
Have we mentioned before that it always seems to be raining on the days we’re leaving town? “It’s raining on getaway day!” is a constant refrain. At first it was...
Day 358: December 28 v2 — Tokyo to Kauai — Back in the US!
Flying from Japan to Hawaii is traveling back in time. We spent our first December 28th, 2019 in Tokyo — homeschooling, exploring Shinjuku, then heading to Narita airport in Tokyo...
Day 357: A Final Few Hours in Tokyo Before Leaving for Hawaii!
Last. Breakfast. Buffet. Of. The. Year. Big deal for this family of BB connoisseurs. Though, while all these “lasts” and wrap ups are interesting to note, they don’t really help...
Day 351: Mount Fuji — Tokyo! — Fish-For-Your-Dinner with Nori
We were up and eating breakfast and packing up before 9 am today. James offered up his review of the ryokan. “Pro? Little cozy space with lots of jacuzzis. Bad...
Day 349: Bullet Train to Hakone
We awoke to some very exciting news: Our BFF/James’s godmother/loyal blog reader Joanna had a baby while we were sleeping!! Sophie!! We are so, so excited. Sophie is one of...
Day 344: Goodbye New Zealand — 20-hour travel day: Nelson to Auckland to Osaka to Kyoto — Kon’nichiwa Japan!
Getaway day. But not raining — actually gorgeous. We were up and out by 5:30 — Peter got up to send us off. We drove into Nelson as the sun...
Day 336: Queenstown to Christchurch — Lunch at Pegasus Bay Winery — Drive to Hapuku Tree House
Raining as usual for Getaway Day — and for this week in Queenstown. But the weather won’t keep us from remembering Queenstown as one of our absolute favorite stops of...
Day 330: BeePaw Jim Arrives! — Holy Crap Queenstown is Gorgeous
Getaway Day in Wellington. Breakfast was slammed at Hippopotamus. There were no tables available — classic QT! — so we sat in the lounge area and ate off the cocktail...
Day 325: Roadtrip to Wellington
Pretty rough to say goodbye to the Taupo palace we were living in for the last five nights. Felt like such imposters. The house manager — a guy named Jamie...