All the Pages Are My Days - the first 12 years
the (archived) online world of Mike Rodriquez 2002-2012
The drive to Hana is legendary; something all visitors to Maui should do at least once. As we’ve done on previous occasions, we not only drove to Hana, we continued on and drove around the back side of Haleakala, looping all the way back around the island. The road past Hana really isn’t too rough, … Read more
One morning during our recent trip to Hawaii we drove around the upper of Maui’s two halves. Top down and tunes playing through the radio via the iPod and iTrip, we were ready to roll. Starting from just north of Kaanapili our route took us north by Kapalua, Napili and on around the top of … Read more
We’ve been busy the past couple of days, doing something we love: driving! We’ve circumnavigated both lobes of the island of Maui, first going around the top, smaller section, and the next day spent an epic 11 hours going to Hana and then returning by driving around the back side of Haleakala. More on both … Read more
As we first approached the island of Maui I was reminded of what a lush, luxuriously green paradise we were about to visit. In some ways, returning to Maui feels a little like returning home after a long absence. :: Here’s another aerial view, this time looking south, towards Kihei. :: We’ve rented a condo … Read more
Our journey home initially took us down Interstate 5, but as we neared Oregon we headed east, over to the Columbia River Gorge. There we drove along the Historic Columbia River Highway, enjoying the expansive views and the waterfalls along this quiet 2-lane road. We first traveled on this road 30 years ago when we … Read more
April 6th One of the most exciting things to happen during our stay in Seattle was when I fulfilled a life-long dream to see an American Bald Eagle, reasonably up close and personal. On Tuesday afternoon, after taking a short break near the shore of Green Lake, I was walking back to the car when … Read more
April 6th, 7th and 8th Having finally reached our destination, we proceeded to thoroughly enjoy our stay in Seattle. On Tuesday we celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary (actual date is April 5th) by exploring the city and having dinner atop the Space Needle. We enjoyed the excellent views from Kerry Park, did some shopping at … Read more
April 4th and 5th 2004 After a most restful stay in Brookings we continued our journey up the coast of Oregon. We drove up to Astoria on Sunday, and on up to Seattle on Monday. The drive up to Astoria was a lot of fun. We had only been on the coast as far north … Read more
120 miles, 6 hours. Seems about right to me. Of course, when you’re taking roads like this: 20 miles per hour is a good rate of speed! We were fortunate enough to discover multiple alternates to highway 101, most of them directly along the coast, with excellent views and grand vistas of the Pacific Ocean. … Read more
The beautiful weather during the week of eTech04 continued through the Valentine’s Day weekend. We found ourselves returning more than once to both the La Jolla area and the Silver Strand State Beach on Coronado. La Jolla’s beauty is world famous and deservedly so. In addition to the windsurfers, we also found some interesting seashells … Read more