About a two-hour drive south from San Francisco, Carmel is a convenient getaway for area residents or visitors to San Francisco Bay Area. It is a one square mile, quiet village in the midst of a pine forest on the Bay of Carmel.
Japanese developer and original owner of Grand Wailea, Takeshi Sekiguchi, envisioned the resort as an open-air art museum for guests as well as the Maui community. Art was one of the key elements of the original design, which included light, water, flowers, trees, sound and art.
During our last morning in Hana we took a horseback ride along the coast and got a great tip from our guide to take the road along the backside of Haleakala instead of backtracking on the Road to Hana. And so we did.
Patti Maghamfar and her husband, Abi, own and operate a Bed & Breakfast Inn in Ashland, Oregon where they have lived for 19 months. Patti and Abi chose Ashland because they fell in love with their Inn and the Rogue Valley …
2012 was a banner year of travel for Mr. TWS and me. Earlier I posted about some of the memorable people I met along the way in my “Faces and Places 2012” Faces and Places post.
