This is just a short break from even more vacation pictures and stories  that I’m going to share over the next couple of days to document what I learned this month. Bamboo can grow up to six inches in a single day.  Phenomenal. I learned more than I ever thought…

It turns out that I have an insatiable love of the ocean, much like I love Lake Superior.  I couldn’t get enough of the Pacific on our trip, and lucky for me, the ocean was around every nook and bend.  It was never far away! On a couple of other…

I’m not a big fan of coconut, but my husband is crazy about it.  Of course I knew he’d be searching out coconuts on our trip.  Sure enough, on our first full day on the island we were driving along the road in the late afternoon.  As we came around…

Unfortunately the lighthouse was closed the day we drove to this part of the island.  Fortunately, you could still see it from the parking lot!  I loved the different shades of blue in the ocean water, and the waves breaking on the shore were mesmerizing.