I’ll be leaving here in another few days for a trip to Kansas City. I’m going to get there the same way I did on my first and only other visit to that city: a Hawaiian Airlines flight to Los Angeles and, the next day, Amtrak’s train, the Southwest Chief, for the overnight ride to…
I am, at the moment, in Amtrak’s First Class Lounge in Chicago’s Union Station waiting for the boarding announcement for the Lake Shore Limited. So far on this trip, I have flown from Maui to Los Angeles and taken Amtrak’s Southwest Chief from there to Chicago. As a long-time resident of Hawaii, I hesitate to…
Most of time, when you’re actually on the move, a trip is comprised of any number of little incidents . . . some of which come without any rational explanation. For example, my Hawaiian Airlines flight was due to depart Maui at 12:30 p.m. yesterday. Sure enough, we pulled away from the gate right on…
Hawaii is the most remote populated spot on this planet. Most of us living in these islands have come to accept that as . . . well . . . as one of the inconveniences we deal with for living here. If we want to go anywhere, we have to fly . . . even…