travel

When I was researching places to visit in Honolulu, I came across Iolani Palace. Hawaii has the distinction of being the only American state to have been a monarchy. Since I am fascinated by monarchies, I knew I absolutely needed to visit. The palace sits smack in the middle of the government district in downtown…

Mac and I headed out early one morning to catch the Hawaii Duck Tours. We’ve done duck tours in three other cities, so we were excited for the Hawaii Duck Tour. Since the tour picked up at the Ilikai Hotel, we ate breakfast on property. We parked in the public, hourly lot behind the hotel…

What we know as Pearl Harbor is officially the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument. The site includes the visitors’ center on Oahu, the USS Bowfin, the USS Arizona memorial (reached by boat), and the USS Oklahoma and USS Utah memorials on Ford Island (reached by bridge). The memorial is a sober…

The Dole Plantation sits between Turtle Bay Resort and Honolulu, so we decided to stop one day driving back to the resort. The Dole Plantation has three main attractions: the train, the maze, and the gardens. We opted to do the maze the and the gardens. Overall, this was a great place to visit. The…

The Honolulu Zoo After a tasty breakfast at Lulu’s Waikiki, we headed across the street to visit the Honolulu Zoo on our first full day in Hawaii. Mac and I love zoos, so we definitely wanted to check out Hawaii’s option. The Honolulu Zoo is a bit smaller than many of other zoos I have…

Confession time: until February of 2018, I had never set foot in a Costco. I also had no idea that Costco had a travel agency. I shared my review of our Hawaii resort here, and I mentioned that we booked this trip through Costco Travel. So why Costco? Costco gave us the best bang for…