The Big Island

Whale Watching
Originally uploaded by pete4ducks.

Emily and I thinking about going to the Big Island in September without the kids. Does anyone have any advice on what to see and do there. I obviously want to go to see the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park but realize that it is a really long drive from Kona where we would be flying in to and likely staying.

Sweet 16 Picks

Soccer Practice
Originally uploaded by pete4ducks.

First week of the tourney was a lot of fun but not "great basketball". I think folks need to accept that college basketball is not the NBA and that the level of play we saw in say the mid 80's isn't coming back. The NCAA Tournament is simply a fun event with all sorts of twists and unexpected moments. Here are my picks for the Sweet Sixteen Winners:

Ohio State over Kentucky
UNC over Marquette
Duke over Arizona
UConn over SDSU
Kansas over Richmond
FSU over VCU
Butler over Wisconsin
Florida over BYU