Trawlers Rock
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. 
Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
Mark Twain
  • Greetings !
  • Crew
  • Oahu Oct 2024
  • Big Island Oct 2024
  • Maui 2024
  • Azores Sept 2023 - Sao Miguel
  • Azores - Faial, Pico
  • Azores - Terceira
  • Winter/spring 2023
  • Oklahoma Road Trip April 2023
  • Quick Bahamas Cruise Dec 2022 and Christmas in New Englandd
  • Alaska August 2022 Part 1
  • Alaska Part #2
  • Alaska Part #3
  • The rest of 2020
  • Puerto Aventuras Feb. 2020
  • Switzerland Oct. 2019
  • Switzerland Part #2 Oct 2019
  • Italy Oct 2019 part #1
  • Italy Oct 2019 Part #2
  • Italy Oct 2019 part #3
  • spring/summer 2019
  • Boat trip to Georgia April 2019
  • Tanzania Feb. 2019
  • Tanzania Part #2
  • Tanzania Part #3
  • Zanzibar
  • europe 2018
  • Moscow Sept 2018
  • Volga River Cruise part #1
  • Volga River Curse Part #2/St Petersburg Russia
  • Stockholm Oct. 2018
  • Hamburg Germany 2018
  • Denmark 2018
  • India 2018
  • India Part 2
  • India Part 3
  • India Part 4
  • India Part 5
  • India Part 6
  • India Part 7
  • Kids visit Jan 2018
  • Sedona Dec. 2017
  • Roatan Honduras - Nov. 2017 week #1
  • Roatan Honduras - Nov. 2017 Week #2
  • Kids - summer 2017
  • China - March 2017 Part #1 Shanghai, Yangzte River Cruise
  • China Part #2 Chongqing, Xi'an and Beijing
  • South America November 2016 - Atacama Chile
  • South America November 2016 Easter Island Chile
  • South America November 2016 Santiago Chile and Buenos Aires Argentina
  • South America November 2016 Ushuaia and Antarctica part #1
  • South America November-December 2016 Antarctica, Ushuaia and Buenos Aires Argentiina
  • Hurricane Matt - Oct. 2016
  • Summer Cruising - July 2016 Cuttyhunk, Judith Point, Mystic Seaport and Jamestown
  • Outter Banks get away with grandkids..... June 2016
  • Crewsing with Crew - 2016
  • April 2016 : Boat Trip - Ft Pierce for MTOA Rendezvous
  • Thailand - Bangkok, Jon's 70th , Hintook River Camp Jan. 2016
  • Thailand - Pitsanulok, Phrae, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai Jan 2016
  • Thailand - Chiang Mai, Bangkok Jan. 2016
  • Vietnam - Hanoi Feb. 2016
  • Vietnam - Halong Bay, Hue, Hoi An Feb. 2016
  • Vietnam -Hoi An, Nha Trang, Dalat Feb. 2016
  • Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) Feb. 2016
  • Europe - Amsterdam Oct. 2015
  • Europe 2015 - Prague
  • Europe 2015 - Beginning of Viking River Cruise - Budapest Hungary and Vienna Austria
  • Europe 2015 - Cruise - Melk, Passau and Regensburg
  • Europe 2015 - Nuremberg and Munich Germany
  • Europe 2015 - Fussen - southern Germany
  • Europe 2015 - Romantic Highway - Wurzburg and Rothenburg - Dusseldorf Germany
  • Here we go again - boat trip 2015 Part One Palm Coast FL. to the Keys
  • Boat trip 2015 part #2
  • Boat trip 2015 Part 3 and spring in FL.
  • Trip to Portland Oregon and Holidaze 2014
  • More fall 2014 and R and R to Mexico
  • Canada Road trip Part One Sept. 2014
  • Canada Road Trip Part two Sept. 2014
  • West Bound - Missouri and family - August 2014
  • Our new grandson - Scott Bernard Reardon V and quick trip to Disney !
    • Boat trip 2014 - heading south !! >
      • Rotorua to Whitianga to Coromandel to Auckland - North Island New Zealand
      • Marathon - 2014 - Part One
      • MTOA Southern Rendezvous 2014 - Fernandina Beach FL
  • Marathon - 2014 Part Two
  • Marathon - 2014 - Part Three
  • Fall 2013 - Missouri, Savannah, Disney World
  • Australia and New Zealand - Sept./Oct 2013 - Adelaide Australia
  • The Outback - Australia
  • Port Douglas and the Great Barrier Reef - Australia
  • Christchurch to Hokitika to Fairlie South Island New Zealand
  • Fairlie to Twizel to Queenstown - South Island New Zealand
  • Hobbiton New Zealand for all of the Lord of the Rings fans !
  • Queenstown to Te Anau to Dunedin - South Island New Zealand
  • Dunedin to Oamaru to Christchurch
  • Christchurch to Wellington to Napier to Rotorua - North Island New Zealand
  • A little boating adventure - Spring 2013
  • Spring trip - the 2013 Rendezvous is here - arrgghhhhh...
  • "Crewsing with Crew" 2013
  • Wild West Trip Sept. 2012 - Portland Oregon
  • Wild West Trip Sept. 2012 Virginia City and Nevada City Montana
  • Wild West Trip Sept. 2012 Jackson Hole and The Tetons
  • Wild Wild West Trip Sept. 2012 Yellowstone Part #1
  • Wild West Trip Sept.2012 Yellowstone Part #2
  • Wild West Trip Sept. 2012 Cody Wyoming
  • Wild West Trip Sept. 2012 Devil's Tower and South Dakota
  • Wild West Trip Sept. 2012 South Dakota
  • Wild West Trip Sept. 2012 Park City Utah
  • Moondog is Home !! June 2012
  • Louisiana May - 2012
  • Louisiana - a few more pics
  • "Crewsing with Crew" 2012
  • MTOA Rendezvous - April 2012
  • MTOA rendezvous - part two
  • Raleigh NC - April to meet Cade !
  • Feb., March and April boat trip 2012 - part one
  • Boat trip 2012 - part two
  • Boat trip 2012 - Part three
  • Boat trip 2012 - part four
  • Getaway to Darien Georgia - Jan. 2012
  • Playa Del Carmen - November 2011
  • Lindsay and Scott's Wedding June 2011 Part one
  • Wedding Part 2
  • NYC June 2011
  • Alabama and Baseball trip May 2011
  • March and April 2011 boat trip - part one
  • Boat trip 2011 - part two
  • Boat trip 2011 - Part three
  • Freeport Bahamas Feb. 2011
  • Trip to France - Sept. 2010 - Paris
  • France 2010 -Normandy
  • France 2010 - Barge trip - Brittany
  • France 2010 - Barge trip -Part 2
  • France 2010 - Provence
  • France - Provence part #2
  • France 2010 - Cote D'Azur
  • Space Shuttle Shuffle Cruise - May 2010
  • Mini Florida Vacation April 2010
  • MTOA rendez vous April 2010
  • March and April 2010 boat trip - Part One
  • Boat trip 2010 - Part Two
  • Boat trip 2010 - Part Three
  • Isla Mujeres - Nov. 2009
  • Bermuda June 2009
  • March and April boat trip 2009 - Part one
  • Boat trip 2009 - part two
  • Boat trip 2009 - part three
  • Boat trip 2009 - part four
  • Boat trip 2009 - part five
  • Boat trip 2009 - part six
  • Boat trip 2009 - part seven
  • Boat trip 2009 - part eight
  • Cabarete Dominican Republic - November 2008
  • Our first granchild - Blake born 10-11-08
  • Cape Cod to Florida 2008 - part One
  • Cape Cod to Florida 2008 - Part two
  • Barre and David's wedding October 2007
​Sat Oct 19 Hilo Hawaii Hotel, Hilo Hawaii


We had a great flight over, very scenic flying over some of the other islands. Got checked in to our room which is waterfront with a great view from our room. We then headed out for about 4 hours to check out the scenery and stopped at a little cafe for a late lunch. Got back to the hotel for sunset cocktails on our balcony and then ate dinner at the bar. Met a fun guy who was a pediatric cancer surgeon from Pittsburg and really enjoyed chatting with him. Tomorrow Volcano National Park.
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​Sun Oct 20 Hilo
Spent five hours touring Volcano National Park. We bought Shaka guides for both Hawaii and Maui and it was great listening* to a guided tour from the comfort of our own car. One thing I did learn is that a 2 mile hike climbing over lava flows and loose lava rocks actually feels like 5 miles !  Jon had been here about 50 years ago and said the park looked entirely different. The guide said that the park is constantly changing topography with the active volcanoes. After the park, we headed to Panaluu which is a black sand beach with crashing waves, very scenic ! Sunset cocktails on balcony again and dinner  pub.
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Mon Oct 21 Hilo
Up and on the road at 8:00 am. Out first stop was Mauna Loa volcano. There was a 17 mile single lane road to drive, we did about 10 miles then turned around because there was no real variation in the scenery. Next stop was Mauna Kea. We drove 6 miles to the visitors center but it was far as they would allow us to go without a 4 wheel drive. Lots of signs about risk of altitude sickness. We were already feeling it a bit at 6 miles so just as well ! Next stop was Botanical world adventures. We walked through a lot of gardens and saw a beautiful waterfall. Next stop was Akamai falls which included a hike to view them. Next stop was Rainbow falls. We drove down by the port, then called it a day. The view from our balcony really is gorgeous. We overlook a bay, and Mauna Kea volcano that we can watch sun set over at night. We saw a lot of bicyclists out today on the volcano roads. The international iron man competition is in Kona this weekend so we think they were probably be out training. Tomorrow we head to the west side for four days.
​Tues Oct 22 Mauna Lani
We got up and started heading west by a northern route. Our first stop were Japanese gardens. Next was a hike n the Onomea trails that had fabulous views. We continued up the coast and visited 2 more waterfalls. We stopped off to see the memorial for the great tidal wave of 1946. We then went through a cute little town f Honokao to the Waipahu valley lookout. Then crossed over through Waimea and arrived at out Airbnb about 5:00 pm. We met with our hosts to get the lay of the land and then picked up take out for dinner.
​Wed Oct 23 Mauna Lani


Neither Jon or I slept well because our host told us the road to the highway would be closed Sat because of the Ironman. We found the site that said the highway would close at 6:00 am. I could not find a hotel at the airport so we changed all our plans and are now flying out Fri noontime to Maui. Once we got all the cancellations then new reservations made we headed out to explore. Once we hit the highway south to Kona, we saw 100’s of athletes out training either biking or running. Based on the traffic we encountered, we felt very confident that we made the right decision to get out of town a day early. We purchased Shake audio guides for both the big Island Maui. It has been invaluable having out own personal tour guide and there are lots of great tips and history. Today we started at Kekaha Kai state park, then Honokohau historical state park. We saw several huge green sea turtles,, and have seen wild goats everywhere ! We then went into downtown Kona, what an absolute madhouse ! There was a large cruise ship in, then add that on top of the extra 10,000 people in town for the Ironman this weekend, and it was chaos ! We then stopped at a farmers market and craft fair,  Lekeleke burial grounds, then Big Island bees apiary. Next was Kealakekua Bay where Captain Cook landed.  We spent a goood amount of time at the puuhonu o Honaunau historical park. Next was a beautiful church called “The Painted Church” that had beautiful Murals. We made a lunch stop at a Mexican food/gas station for lunch. Unfortunately the coffee farms we wanted to visit had already closed so we continued to head back north to home. We made a final stop to explore Waikoloa which was quite the community !
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Thurs Oct 24 Mauna Lani
Today was a hill day for us. We did  head out about 8:30 but it was a slow pace to complete what he had not seen on the island. We headed north today. First stop was Hapuna Beach state park, then Puukohola national historic site, Lopokohi state historical park then one of my favorite stops, Keokea park. It was spectacular views with surfers entertaining us ! We then stopped in the cute town of Hawi. It was an adorable town. It is the northern turning point to head back south to Kona for the Ironman so it was full of cyclists training. It is also the birthplace of Kamehameha, a famous Hawaiian warrior. Next was another amazing view stop, Pololu valley lookout. We then drove through miles of green pastures and cattle farms, then circled. Ack through to Waimea to home. We got back around 3 and spent the rest of the day at the communities private beach club which was nice. We stopped and got take out then got home home and packed to,leave tomorrow to Maui.
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