Category Archives: Environmental Solutions

Quarantine Chronicles – vol. 16 Alaska

Quarantine Day 99 has officially elapsed. Whoa. I can’t even believe I just typed that. Ninety NINE. This is the longest groundation in modern history. Nothing super exciting to report in terms of developments here in Hawaii. Pretty much everything … Continue reading

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Quarantine Chronicals vol. 12 Uganda

Day 77.  Feels basically as long as it sounds.   Let’s see, not a lot new here on Maui this week.  Restaurants are allowed to open on June 5th but I think it’s only at 50% of capacity and everyone has to wear protective gear … Continue reading

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Quarantine Chronicles vol. 11 Rwanda

Welcome to Day 70 of quarantine Maui style.  Yesterday marked the celebration of Memorial Day and fortunately atleast on Maui beaches are once again open to relax on if it’s a group of 10 or less and there’s no camping or grilling.  Beaches everywhere were stockpiled full … Continue reading

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Quarantine Chronicles vol. 10 Africa

Day 68 of quarantine has come and nearly gone.  I can’t lie, every time I write one of these little “dear diary” welcome to quarantine in Maui blogs I just shake my head at how many days have passed.  And with that … Continue reading

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Quarantine Chronicles – Underwater Adventures vol. 9

Hard to believe it, but here I am still writing about quarantine (kind of) on big day SIX OH.  Why does time always seem to go at its own speed? Sometimes a day fees like an hour and sometimes 60 days … Continue reading

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Quarantine Chronicles – Above Water Adventures vol. 4

Happy 51st day of Quarantine!  Let’s see, what’s new on Maui?  Today the Mayor announced he’s hiring more staff to go around and spy on businesses that are allowed to open as of Monday to make sure they are being sanitary and report … Continue reading

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Quarantine Chronicles – Underwater Adventures vol. 2

As crazy as it sounds today was officially day 49 of lockdown here in the islands AND it fell on Cinco de Mayo (no I did not have a Corona to celebrate).  It was announced that as of the 7th … Continue reading

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Rivers and Bears

“The farther one gets into the wilderness, the greater is the attraction of its lonely freedom.” Theodore Roosevelt On a recent trip to Alaska’s Katmai National Park the opportunities for brown bear observation and intimate encounters was truly epic.  There … Continue reading

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How Disconnecting = A Total Reconnect

It’s always amazing to me how sometimes your initial assessment of a situation can in reality be the polar opposite. It didn’t take long after returning home from Southern Alaska before I realized that my relief at “disconnecting” from the … Continue reading

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The 75 Yard Hitchhiking Adventure

One of the things I enjoy most about traveling and just getting out and about in general is the comic relief it provides.  Some of the stories end up being more of an inside joke, you know, the kind you … Continue reading

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