Bet You Thought I’d Forgotten to Blog this Trip

Way back in mid-May I offered this preview blog of our month-long trip that began with three nights in Sydney, Australia, followed by a transpacific cruise to Seattle, Washington, aboard Holland America’s MS Oosterdam.  Well, I didn’t forget.  I merely got distracted by another cruise from Montreal to Boston, and current events such as the Malaysia 370 disappearance.  Throw in a few gun blogs, a movie review or two, and other aviation-related news such as the Chicago Center fiasco and here we are in October finally ready to go.

So, just in case you’re growing weary of that other stuff, here’s a preview of what to expect with my latest travel series.  From Sydney we traveled to Noumea:

Lifou and its sparkling blue waters:

Port Vila on Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu:

Espiritu Santo with it’s crystal clear fresh water pools:

The uninhabited Mystery Island of Vanuatu:

Viti Levu, Fiji, with its cascading waterfalls and intense sunsets:

The beaches of Dravuni, Fiji:

Pago Pago and the Westernmost U.S. National Park:

Honolulu on the island of Oahu in Hawaii:

The Grand Canyon of the Pacific — Waimea Canyon on the Hawaiian island of Kauai:

The frontier-style streets of Lahaina on Maui:

And finally the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State with images of Marymere Falls and a blizzard on Hurricane Ridge:

Yes, we really did end this trip in the midst of a raging blizzard during the second week in May.