Author Archives: vickydurand

August 12, 2023 Under the circumstance here on Maui this is an extremely difficult blog to write. My activities here seem almost meaningless with what has happened and is still happening in Lahaina-armagenden. From what I hear on the news on the death toll is not even close to reality. The terrible devastation and lossContinue reading “Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #28”

August 7, 2023 Welcome to Blog 27 It has been a grand and glorious week starting last Friday when my daughter Marcie arrived in Hana and we met them at Hana Farms for salad and pizza. This was the beginning of many fun activities. I covered Sat. lunch in last blog. My architect Mireille andContinue reading “Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #27”

Welcome to Blog #26 This is going to be super short as I have family here and am waiting on some old friends to arrive. One of the best things about this week is the chipper was here Monday and Tues and the hau piles are now mountains of hau chips. The chips will haveContinue reading “Vicky Durand’s Adventure Post #26”

July 22, 2023Welcome to Blog 25 This has been a wild week with all sorts of unknowns and surprises. As for the hurricane warning we prepared for the worst, but luckily the hurricane turned out to be just a tropical storm with breezes and rain. Chris did close up the back room on the agContinue reading “Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #25”

Welcome To Adventure Blog #24 July 15, 2023 Hard to believe it is the end of another week and we are half way through July. How optimistic I was when I pictured camping for just two or three months. Now it has five and a half months, but extremely happy months. The weeks are rollingContinue reading “Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #24”

Blog #22 July 1, 2023 This has been a very exciting week as stuff is really starting to move. This blog is going to be a short one due to time limits this morning. Company arrived on Friday and I spent much of the day in preparation for the weekend work and cleaning up theContinue reading “Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog”

June 24,2023Welcome to Blog #21 It has been an uneventful week compared with the last weeks. All the yard smoothing was finished last week so Ryan’s large Kabota machine left for home in Kipahulu Saturday evening via Derek’s hauling truck. The road is very narrow at the base of the drive so it was interestingContinue reading “Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #21”

June 17, 2023 Welcome to Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog and thanks for tuning in this week. Hard to believe it is already up to #20. It has been a good week progress wise. Early Sunday morning I went to the bay with my mask and fins and had a great swim. Derek came later andContinue reading “Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #20”