http://blog.paulcilwa.com A blog by Paul S. Cilwa: writer, instructor, traveler, photographer, singer, and all-round experiencer. A place where I can ruminate at will on politics, religion, spirituality, sex, and my private life...You know, all those topics we aren't supposed to discuss in public! en-us http://www.paulcilwa.com/PD/Paul_150.jpg http://blog.paulcilwa.com http://www.paulcilwa.com/blog/2009/03/17-Planes_Buses_Helicopters/index.asp http://www.paulcilwa.com/blog/2009/03/17-Planes_Buses_Helicopters/index.asp Today I reluctantly left Michael and the rest of the family on Catalina Island, as I made the journey back home so I could get to work tomorrow...a trip that involved almost every mode of transportation known to man except hot-air ballooning. Tue, 17 mar 2009 00:00 MST California Photography Santa Catalina Island Travel Two Harbors http://www.paulcilwa.com/blog/2009/03/16-catalina_kayaking/index.asp http://www.paulcilwa.com/blog/2009/03/16-catalina_kayaking/index.asp So here we are on Catalina Island, and I am hardly a novice camper, but last night was something out of a medieval torture manual. The problem was that Michael and I didn't have any kind of padding for our sleeping bags. We had brought the air mattress that I keep in one of the pre-packed camping crates we brought; and it's a good one, too, one you'd be pleased to offer guests in your home to sleep on. In fact, to me it's more comfortable than our very expensive bed at home. But the pump for it runs on 12-volt electricity from the car, and we had neither car nor electricity at our campsite. Mon, 16 mar 2009 00:00 MST California Photography Santa Catalina Island Travel Two Harbors http://www.paulcilwa.com/blog/2009/03/15-26_miles/index.asp http://www.paulcilwa.com/blog/2009/03/15-26_miles/index.asp Twenty-six miles across the sea Santa Catalina is a-waitin' for me Santa Catalina, the island of romance, romance, romance, romance... Sun, 15 mar 2009 00:00 MST California Photography Santa Catalina Island Travel Two Harbors http://www.paulcilwa.com/blog/2009/03/02-Last_Morning_In_Maui/index.asp http://www.paulcilwa.com/blog/2009/03/02-Last_Morning_In_Maui/index.asp I awoke in my camper on the beach, to the first blush of sky and the soft rush of waves lapping the shore...and a handsome young man just outside the camper window. He wasn't looking in, but seem to be tugging something. I lifted myself up on one elbow and saw that he was pulling a sea kayak out of a trailer loaded up with them. Mon, 02 mar 2009 00:00 MST Camping Hawaii Maui Photography Travel http://www.paulcilwa.com/blog/2009/03/01-Seven_Sacred_Pools/index.asp http://www.paulcilwa.com/blog/2009/03/01-Seven_Sacred_Pools/index.asp I had camped at the Haleakala National Park's Kipahulu campground on the Hana Coast, I of course had to visit the Seven Sacred Pools which is part of the park. There are, in fact, many more than seven pools; there are dozens of various sizes and in the summer are popular swimming spots. Because of the storm still raging atop the volcano, however, there was flash flood danger and so the pools were closed to swimmers. The trails leading to them were open, however, to photographers and non-swimming hikers. Sun, 01 mar 2009 00:00 MST Camping Haleakala Hawaii Kipahulu Maui Photography Travel