Now that’s an Hawaiian sunset, repeat after me

I made sure I was out on our balcony around 6:30 p.m. I had iPad Pro ready. Beautiful, the sunset was off to the west. At our trip to a luau later in our dream vacation week at a resort a bit down the road toward Kona proper, I knew the location right on the…

When you must stay inside in Hawaii, it can be suite

When you travel from Central New York to Kona, Hawaii, you don’t want to stay inside much. But if you must, a suite at Aston Kona By the Sea will do the job quite well, thank you. That’s where my dear wife Karen set up ourselves, my wonderful daughter Elisabeth and her terrific significant George…

I can feel at home at Aston Kona by the Sea for a week

When we pulled into our place to stay for Family Reunion II, Kona was very dark. But the place my dear wife Karen had chosen in collaboration with several of her siblings lightened my spirits considerably. That first night, we dragged our bags in from the rental SUV, put them into our bedrooms, and checked…