{"id":2317,"date":"2012-06-10T14:38:51","date_gmt":"2012-06-10T20:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/?p=2317"},"modified":"2012-06-10T14:41:23","modified_gmt":"2012-06-10T20:41:23","slug":"how-did-you-find-this-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/2012\/06\/10\/how-did-you-find-this-place\/","title":{"rendered":"How Did You Find This Place?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;How did you find this place?&#8221; I asked the fair and industrious Trudy who has researched and planned and booked all our travel to Kaua\u2018i and Hawai\u2018i.<\/p>\n<p>Our condo on Kaua\u2018i was nice, but I tell you, this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.outrigger.com\/hotels-resorts\/hawaiian-islands\/hawaii-big-island\/keauhou-beach-resort\/overview\">Keauhou Beach Resort<\/a> was fancy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_7858.jpg\" alt=\"DSC 7858\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I mean palm trees swaying against a deep blue sky and white clouds rolling by<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-right: 1%;\" src=\"https:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_7838.jpg\" alt=\"DSC 7838\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and a heiau just walking distance from the lobby<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_7849.jpg\" alt=\"DSC 7849\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and the deep blue sea breaking on black lava beaches<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_7845.jpg\" alt=\"DSC 7845\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and spacious rooms and porches with a view<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_78211.jpg\" alt=\"DSC 7821\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and verandas with broad ceilings shading you from the sun and a sea breeze blowing off the water and ceiling fans turning slowly overhead and rocking chairs looking out beyond the breaking surf and gardens and ponds where you can sit and relax<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_7835.jpg\" alt=\"DSC 7835\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and hammocks strung between palm trees<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_7831.jpg\" alt=\"DSC 7831\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and lounge chair near the beach to recline in as the sun goes down.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC01804.jpg\" alt=\"DSC01804\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are &#8230; how shall I put it? &#8230; a frugal kind of family, and this kind of place was an unexpected (and quite welcome) luxury.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How did you find this place?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t remember,&#8221; Trudy said, &#8220;but it was a really good deal.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;How did you find this place?&#8221; I asked the fair and industrious Trudy who has researched and planned and booked all our travel to Kaua\u2018i and Hawai\u2018i. Our condo on Kaua\u2018i was nice, but I tell you, this Keauhou Beach Resort was fancy. I mean palm trees swaying against a deep blue sky and white [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[98,41],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2317"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2333,"href":"https:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317\/revisions\/2333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}