by Andrew Doughty | Aug 28, 2015 | Blog
The year 2015 will go down as the ‘year of the hurricane’ in the Central Pacific, and at times here in Hawai‘i, we feel pretty surrounded by them. Here are some things potential visitors need to know. There have been only a handful of hurricanes that have...
by Andrew Doughty | Jul 14, 2015 | Blog
The center of Kauai is called Mount Wai‘ale‘ale, meaning “rippling waters.” It is here that you will find the rainiest spot on the planet with an average of 432 inches. Rain around the rest of the island is a fraction of this. The ancient Hawaiians recognized the...
by Andrew Doughty | Jun 2, 2015 | Blog
Don’t take this the wrong way, but hiking in Hawai’i will kick your butt. We believe you, that your past, outdoor-adventuring accomplishments are impressive and were no cake walk. We have cake-walk types of hikes here, too. It’s just the hard ones tend to be very...
by Andrew Doughty | May 21, 2015 | Blog
As much as ocean safety is discussed on Hawai’i, a lot of warnings center around watching out for high surf, rip currents and strong shore break. Many people who visit have very little experience with the ocean and those that do aren’t used to ocean conditions on...
by Andrew Doughty | Apr 30, 2015 | Blog
We came across this sign at a beach park the other day, and just had to share our thoughts. We just thought this was a rather refreshing sign (excuse the bad pun, but it works here.) In all the years we’ve spent exploring the islands we’ve never seen a sign like this,...
