GolfintheUSA On The Road
Going to Maui? Part IV – Plan golf in Hawaii? — and what you can’t do without (hint: it’s Costco membership)
Simply put, golf in Hawaii is wonderful and fun. The courses are interesting, the service is first-rate and the conditions are up-to-par with expectations. But it’s expensive. It wasn’t all that long ago that discount bookings could be obtained without too much effort, but post-COVID, as was true for many/most other places, Hawaii golf has enjoyed a renaissance that wasn’t foreseeable before the government locked everyone inside their homes. Hawaii was among the worst in this respect. The nightmare stories from people who visited Hawaii during that lockdown period are still being told.
Going to Maui? Part III – Touring the ocean depths from the comfort of an air-conditioned building
The Maui Ocean Center was much more than just a place to spend a few hours when we weren’t doing something else during our Hawaiian vacation. The Ocean Center has a little bit of everything regarding the waters surrounding the islands. Fish, reefs, sharks, eels, turtles and Humpback whales (information about them) are found there. A great time is included.
Going to Maui (Hawaii)? Tips, Part II – Saving money in Hawaii, and Lahaina offers sadness… and hope
Starting with gasoline, everything comes dearer in Hawaii. Knowing that they must bring everything to the stores on some sort of ship or plane helps explain why the wares are so outlandish. This goes for restaurants, too.
Going to Maui (Hawaii)? Part I — Tips – Who and what to bring and why bigger is better
What do you think of when someone mentions Hawaii? The answers are many. Beaches, warm weather, hula dancing, and depending on your age group and powers of recollection, movies like “Six Days, Seven Nights” or “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” – or any number of Elvis-era non-classics that became synonymous with The King…
Stranger in a Strange Land – GolfintheUSA.com goes down under, Part I
People like “bucket lists”. The notion that a person plans to do such and such before they move to the “next level” is a popular one. But what if the opportunity to do something unprecedented arrives when you’re only 18?
Stranger in a Strange Land — GolfintheUSA.com goes down under, Part II
Hard as it is to believe, when you’re sent halfway around the world and slated to play in a golf tournament, and you’re just out of high school, there’s a lot more to see and do in Australia than just fulfilling your duties at the golf course.