Yes, that snappy title is meant to grab your attention. No, I don’t actually terrorize my daughter. Well, not ALL the time. But she does like putting things together and helped me with a recent purchase that showed up on Tuesday. Then she was nice enough to help me test it. The Glidecam 4000 [...]
LAVALAVALAVALAVALAVALAVALAVALAVALAVALAVALAVALAVALAVALAVALAVALAVALAVALAVALAVALAVALAVALAVA I could say it all day long! LAVA is just, pardon the pun, cool to me. It’s the earth in action in a way that doesn’t, immediately, knock down buildings the way earthquakes do. What I’m talking about here is the mostly slow moving lava, P?hoehoe. The stuff is amazing in its formations when [...]
I obviously had a mainlanders mentality when I first observed the towering, colonial styled ceilings in the spacious, historic Shipman House B&B Inn. I couldn’t help but keep thinking, “Isn’t it expensive to heat this place?” Barbara, one of the owners and great-granddaughter of the house’s first owners, politely explained it in terms I could [...]
After coming back from a month in Africa I desired two things: To settle in at home and then to get away from home and decompress. At the end of the trip and suddenly being by myself after spending 29 days solid with my daughter and a great friend, I wanted to unpack and settle [...]
Since the beginning of the year I’ve added a few books to my bookshelf, mainly for travel. Some have been useful and some I tried, unsuccessfully, to return. Here’s a quick rundown: Wanderlust and Lipstick Traveling With Kids Full disclosure – I have met one of the authors of this travel book, Michelle Duffy, and [...]
I like any Bed & Breakfast that doesn’t have a front door. Tucked back off a side road in the hills above Kilua-Kona on Hawai’i’s Big Island, the Holualoa Inn sits on 30 acres with a commanding view of Pacific sunsets. It’s relative isolation amongst coffee plants and sculpted grounds on the dry side of [...]
I’ve finally found a workable backpack for all my cameras, laptop, reading, writing and travel gear! With over 25,000 miles of travel on planes, boats, a minivan, cars, trains, a 32′ RV and on foot, I have had the chance to get a good feel for the REI Quantum Computer Pack over the course of this [...]
Labor Day has passed in the USA and for all intents and purposes, summer is over for those of us with kids. While the weather outside is still enjoyable, the nights are turning a bit nippy and some days start with a cloud cover in Puget Sound. All of this means it’s a good time [...]
I was recently sent a laptop/carryon bag to test from the fine folks at REI. While I’m getting ready to write up a review on the bag (REI Quantum Computer Pack), which has become my favorite carryon, I thought I’d take a moment to see what readers of The Carey Adventures prefer to travel with. [...]
I’ve been asked a number of times by folks that know I travel a bit, which credit card is the best for travel rewards? After scanning the landscape a few years ago, I settled finally on the Citi Premier Pass Elite Level card for a number of reasons. Each of these things are particular to [...]
