Travelling in Your 70s

Day 26 – Makena State Park, Maui

Posted on October 23, 2022January 25, 2023 by Roberta Hill

Today’s travel was a trip through what is considered south central Maui. We drove to the end of the road to Makena State Park and the last lava flows on Maui in 1790. Makena State Park Located in Makena (south of Wailea), Makena State Park comprises of 165 acres and is composed of two beaches and Puʻu Olai, a 360 feet tall dormant volcanic cinder cone in the center of the park. There are no water fountains, so bring some bottled water. Makena Beach, also known as Oneloa Beach and Big Beach, measures 1.5 miles long and 100…

Day 25 – Sunset in Maui

Posted on October 22, 2022January 15, 2023 by Roberta Hill

We were pretty useless today… going to bed so late. We spent the day driving along the West Maui coast up to Lahaina. It was utterly wall-to-wall cars slowly making their way around the coast and back. We stopped at Olowaui Beach for a swim, as the waters were too rough for decent snorkelling. At Pawpawai Point Lookout for a great view of the sunset in Maui.

Day 24 – Farewell San Francisco and the Mission District

Posted on October 21, 2022January 25, 2023 by Roberta Hill

The only thing we hadn’t done that was still on Louise‘s list was visiting the mission district. Packed and ready to check out our hotel, we still had three hours to spend in San Francisco before picking up our taxi to the airport. Mission District is relatively spread out. I found the Women’s Building we passed the most fascinating. One of San Francisco’s largest and best known murals, MaestraPeace and serves as a visual testament to the courageous contributions of women through time and around the world. Every day, the mural attracts the awe and cameras of tourists from…

Day 23 – The Great Sausalito

Posted on October 20, 2022January 21, 2023 by Roberta Hill

The Pretty Town of Sausalito Today we took the ferry across to Sausalito. It is rather quaint and another place for the tourist to visit. We took a bus from the central town to see the floating homes. This is something like the batches in New Zealand, except it’s far more extensive, and they called them arks. They cost quite a bit of money as well. This is more like a floating marina with rather expensive rebuilt homes. We stopped to see the ceiling and statue at the other end of town before catching the ferry back to San Francisco….

Day 22 – Walking in San Francisco

Posted on October 19, 2022January 24, 2023 by Roberta Hill

Today was mainly walking in San Francisco, which was unusually hot for San Francisco. More like the weather we expect on our next stop – Hawaii. We went down to the harbour front and then back to Chinatown. I convinced Louise that she needed another massage so I could have one too. We returned to Top Therapy Massage, 811 Clay St, San Francisco, in Chinatown as the person who did Louise’s did a really good job. As usual, it was terrific and painful for me, making me wonder if I am a bit of a masochist. There are no separate…

Day 20 – Golden Gate Park and Botanical Gardens

Posted on October 17, 2022January 24, 2023 by Roberta Hill

A beautiful day and what better way to enjoy the day than spend most of it at Golden Gate Park. We reserved some electric bikes, but first, we stopped for a lovely coffee at Haight Ashbury, which leads into the park. The bike place promised to have the bikes ready for us, but they didn’t have any working. We were somewhat disappointed but walked down to the park entrance to find another bike rental place that was much more organized and $5 less. So off we went to Golden Gate Park We discovered that we were getting too old for much,…

Day 19 – Golden Gate Bridge and Pier 39

Posted on October 16, 2022January 22, 2023 by Roberta Hill

Today was a little disappointing, but we made the most of it by visiting the Golden Gate Bridge. We had arranged to take a half-day wine tour, but it was cancelled due to the lack of demand. The weather has been pretty much the same for the last few days—about 17° and slightly overcast. Golden Gate Bridge After thinking about it, we decided to get on one of those hop-on hop-off double-decker buses primarily because it went over the Golden Gate bridge towards Sausalito and then back. We thought we could get off at the lookout point and walk into…

Day 18 – San Francisco Iconic Districts

Posted on October 15, 2022January 14, 2023 by Roberta Hill

Today we visited a few iconic districts of San Francisco. First is the Alamo Square in the view of the painted ladies. These six houses were built in the late 1800s and make a fantastic picture of downtown. It’s one of those iconic views in many photos of San Francisco. Second, we were off to Haight Ashbury. Walking up and down Haight Street after a while, one gets to feel it’s a bit like Las Vegas. Overwhelming and glitzy from the main street, hiding something depressing behind it. It is also weird seeing young people in their late teens and…

Day 17 – San Francisco’s Chinatown

Posted on October 14, 2022January 22, 2023 by Roberta Hill

Today it’s Chinatown. Louise‘s sciatica is acting up, and she’s in a lot of pain while walking. So we decided to see if we could get her a Physio appointment which is ridiculously expensive and difficult to find. But we’re in Chinatown! We checked a couple of places, but they were all acupuncture and then we found one that did massage. These places seem a little dark and questionable, but I assure you they are very respectable. No one spoke English, so I took that as a good sign. While Louise had someone working on her back, I had a…

Day 16 – The Majestic Hotel Majestic

Posted on October 13, 2022January 22, 2023 by Roberta Hill

The Hotel Majestic had informed me that their elevator* had broken a few days before. They said they would do everything to ensure that staff moved our suitcases up and down. They gave us the option to cancel with no charge, but it was such a late date, it would’ve been impossible to find such a good deal as we had. They had us on the fourth floor; they were due to a convention when we arrived. Everyone was clearing out the following morning, and they promised that they would move us to a lower floor the following day. We…

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Day 26 – Makena State Park, Maui

Day 25 – Sunset in Maui

Day 24 – Farewell San Francisco and the Mission District

Day 23 – The Great Sausalito

Day 22 – Walking in San Francisco

Day 20 – Golden Gate Park and Botanical Gardens

Day 19 – Golden Gate Bridge and Pier 39

Day 18 – San Francisco Iconic Districts

Day 17 – San Francisco’s Chinatown

Day 16 – The Majestic Hotel Majestic

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