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Ode to Hawaiian Monk Seal Mom

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Fri 12/4/2009

Destination: Kauai

Meet "KP4." Here, he squawks at his mother. At six days of age, he's a cutie. But he hasn't quite figured out exactly where on mom's body that yummy-liquid-stuff dispenses. I spent three hours with the pair yesterday, and he poked mom in the belly, neck, back and tail the entire time. A few nudges he got right and milky liquid streamed down his throat--and elsewhere.
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Turning Lemons into Pie

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Sat 11/28/2009

Destination: Hawaii Island, Kauai, Maui, Oahu

Take it from me, there's nothing more satisfying than making a dish with ingredients from your own yard. Now, that doesn't mean I'm all Martha Stewart these days, because I am the first to exclaim how good those store-bought, frozen pie crusts are, and I willingly admit I made my lemon pie with just such a purchase.

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Guest Blogger: Pam Mandel

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Wed 11/25/2009

Destination: Oahu

It's a short walk from my position as an unsophisticated bird looker to birding mania, to some kind of performance attire, a laminated card, and a pair of very expensive binoculars. Thing is, I am inscrutably fond of birds. I pretend not to know them by name, but really, I do, I look them up and more and more, I recognize them by voice, too. After all, a coot does not sound like a duck, not one bit, really, and those little red hatted cardinals sound nothing like the morning doves that make such an appealing racket as the sun comes up over the Pacific.
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Red Sky in the Morning on Big Island

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Sun 11/22/2009

Destination: Hawaii Island

The best way to view lava up close and personal would be to see where it entered the sea. Yet I'd always heard the ride by boat was too long from the Kona side, so no enterprising sailors ever offered an official tour. Then, I heard about Lava Ocean Adventures. With them, this past Friday, I experienced lava in a way I had always desired.
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Now in Video: Kilauea Point

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Mon 11/16/2009

Destination: Kauai

And now, a video that visually says what I tried to put into words in my last post: There is alway something happening at Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge.
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The Best-Kept Hawaiian Vacation Secret Around

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Wed 11/11/2009

Destination: Hawaii Island, Kauai, Maui, Oahu

Early November is not known for being a busy time in Hawai'i. It's like the pause between the in-breath and out-breath. That time right before the holidays when craft fairs, parties and concerts vie for spots on my calendar and when vacationers enjoy some time off from their hectic lives. And yet, for me, early November is one of the most exciting times in Hawai'i and that just might be the best-kept Hawaiian vacation secret around.
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39th Kona Coffee Cultural Festival

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Sat 11/7/2009

Destination: Hawaii Island

The 39th annual Kona Coffee Cultural Festival officially kicked off last night with a lantern parade on Ali'i Drive in downtown Kailua-Kona. For the next 9 days, the event will celebrate all things coffee with samplings, farm tours, dinners, a cupping competition, a coffee picking contest, art exhibit, fun run, parades and more. In anticipation, last week, I toured a couple Kona coffee farms on Big Island.
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Whales Return to Hawaii

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Thu 11/5/2009

Destination: Hawaii Island, Kauai, Maui, Oahu

On October 21, 2009, the first official whale sighting was reported off West Maui. (Those 45-foot, 45-ton behemoths sure like Maui.) So, I thought I'd share this footage of a whale filmed by NOAA. It's beautiful, especially because the slack key composition you hear playing was inspired by this footage.
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Wild Pigs and White Sand Beaches in Hawaii

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Thu 10/29/2009

Destination: Kauai

When the first Polynesians roamed the vast Pacific in search of land, they loaded their canoes with all kinds of plants and animals to sustain themselves once they arrived at their destination—which turned out to be a place we call Hawai’i. One of the animals with which they arrived? Pigs. Pigs are culturally significant to Hawai’i, as you may know from attending a lu’au. But did you know they roam wild in and around civilization?

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Rain in Hawaii = Rainbows

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Sun 10/25/2009

Destination: Hawaii Island, Kauai, Maui, Oahu

For the past few days, we’ve experienced winter-like weather for our islands: partly sunny, partly cloudy, chance of rain. The trades come and go. I see squalls wafting across the ocean, but they never seem to make it ashore with nothing more than a few spatters of rain. The air is heavy with moisture, making it perfect weather for rainbows.
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