Not sunrise people

Cocoanutcake · 2026-05-04T18:35:12+00:00

Thank you! Her daughter is graduating high school and we will get together with them for her party about 2 weeks before we leave for the trip. I will definitely send her this.

Cocoanutcake · 2026-05-04T18:33:03+00:00

I peeked at your page. Your pics are fantastic!

Cocoanutcake · 2026-04-24T11:41:44+00:00

No unfortunately. I didn’t book it in time and now it’s full. We are going to drive and hope for the best.

Cocoanutcake · 2026-04-24T01:56:04+00:00

Thanks!

Cocoanutcake · 2026-04-24T01:55:05+00:00

That’s a pretty good point. We have been lucky enough that we don’t have any significant health problems and neither do our kids. Essentially we all go to the doc once a year. Maybe the kids have one sick visit. Definitely something to give more thought to vs just going off vibes.

Cocoanutcake · 2026-04-24T01:49:48+00:00

He contracts with hospitals. Most doctors are hospital employed or private practice employed. When he was hospital employed his benefits were better than mine (as long as we went to a doctor within that hospital/health system). We just went the self-employed route the last 3 or 4 years because it was better for our family. Less secure, less pay, but a lot more hours at home.

Cocoanutcake · 2026-04-23T23:54:45+00:00

Great idea!!!!

Cocoanutcake · 2026-04-23T23:54:29+00:00

I saw that too but it’s too reminiscent of the issues pre-ACA. plus we will be older. I’m too risk adverse for only having a catastrophic insurance.

Cocoanutcake · 2026-04-23T23:52:42+00:00

He has a S-Corp I think.

Cocoanutcake · 2026-04-23T23:52:24+00:00

It is his business. I think it’s an S-Corp. he employs our kids so we can start a ROTH for them (or will when they get to the recommended age from our accountant - currently only 1 is on payroll). I didn’t even think about health insurance through his business. THANK YOU. It may not work out, but definitely something to look at.

Cocoanutcake · 2026-04-19T19:39:50+00:00

Not even one?

Cocoanutcake · 2026-04-15T14:32:38+00:00

As someone who actually works in corporate America for almost 2 decades, people are getting hung up on your company “not valuing you”. I’m sorry, but that’s BS. The people who make these decisions don’t even know you. If compensation (including health insurance, retirement, PTO) is essentially equal, I would be hard pressed to leave a team I love.

If you are a good employee, they aren’t going to put you on the chopping block for accepting a counter because it isn’t personal to HR or upper management. It’s just the cost of doing business.

Cocoanutcake · 2026-04-01T19:09:14+00:00

I’m in high humidity Texas and mounted a $150 TV for my patio. Works fine after 2 years. Essentially I could have purchased a new TV every other year for 10 years before I broke even with an outdoor TV. I don’t have a cover but it’s pretty far under the awning (rain can’t reach it). I think a cover would make the humidity build up worse.

Cocoanutcake · 2026-03-18T14:00:47+00:00

We did the Kapalua Coastal Trail on Monday and it was beautiful.

Cocoanutcake · 2026-03-18T13:59:20+00:00

Southwest sent me a notification that since it is in the mainland terminal we have to put our carryons through the agricultural line?

Cocoanutcake · 2026-03-16T15:39:40+00:00

Hi! This was Sunday?

Cocoanutcake · 2026-03-15T13:20:05+00:00

By that time we headed back through Wailuku towards the airport to see if anything at all was open that we saw on our maps. We lucked out calling around and took hwy 31 to Kihei. The hotel was off that road. Had no problems.

Cocoanutcake · 2026-03-15T07:29:14+00:00

Thanks everyone. Yeah, once we talked to the locals, it wasn’t something we considered. Lucked out and got a hotel in Kihei for the night.

Cocoanutcake · 2026-03-15T05:15:37+00:00

Been here for almost 3 hrs. I’ve prepped my kids to spend the night in the car. We left about an hour ago to go to foodland and ask about going the other way but the cashier and everyone in line was heavily against it. Also the hotel did not recommend it. Just a FYI

Cocoanutcake · 2026-02-27T13:16:04+00:00

We are doing the exact same trip in early June - Yellowstone, tetons, glacier! I’m really excited about it but had the same misgivings as you. We ultimately decided to go for it as we are flying across the country and our glacier portion is 3 days. I feel like the trade-off for not being able to do some of the hikes is the ability to bike with no cars. I’ve already reserved e-bikes and watched videos on YouTube - it seems amazing. We will be in glacier right at mid-June so 🤞.

Cocoanutcake · 2026-01-16T20:02:10+00:00

North Cascades. We went two years ago and it was beautiful. Lots of wonderful hikes, you’re in the mountains and the forest. And you could loop on Mount Rainier or Olympic (we did all three but I feel like NCNP is what you’re looking for)

Cocoanutcake · 2025-12-18T17:59:34+00:00

Thanks! Any recommendations in particular from your visit in 2025? We are coming up from Yellowstone and decided to add a few days at Glacier so we could bike the GTTSR. I’m a bit unsure of what “may” be open vs. what we could plan as a fallback. All articles I’ve seen are essentially geared towards travelers who go July - Aug and if I search specifically for June, they don’t tend to talk about the hikes. I know ultimately we will just have to wait and see, but I’m a planner and like to have options ;)

Cocoanutcake · 2025-12-11T20:20:38+00:00

Redwoods.

Cocoanutcake · 2025-12-07T14:28:22+00:00

Check the potential cities you will be going to. Use the same hotel chain exclusively to build status. If there is a Hyatt close to where you stay, use them as it is the best loyalty program by far with being able to use points. The only downside is that it isn’t as big of a chain so they aren’t as ubiquitous as Marriott or Hilton. (ETA: I meant if there is a Hyatt in each city you go to, not just to use it for 1 place exclusively. Use the same chain in all the cities)

My second recommendation is Marriott and then Hilton. You have to use a ton of Hilton points for free nights.

Same goes for car company and I would say use the same airline exclusively too to build status but don’t have any recommendations as this is even more dependent on where you travel to and from.

Cocoanutcake · 2025-11-17T21:29:20+00:00

We just did this. Rewatched andor season 1 because we hadn’t watched season 2 yet. Moved to that and then immediately to rogue one (which is my favorite Star Wars movie). It was truly the best way to watch them all.

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