Travel and Data

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Meeting Wyland in Carmel

In Search of Wyland Walls

This post does not belong in this series as it is not about finding a wall but, for us it is so memorable. At an event at the Wyland Gallery in Carmel, we were able to meet Wyland. …

Apple Valley, Minnesota Zoo #71

In Search of Wyland Walls

Sometimes you find a wall where you don’t expect to see one. We went to Minneapolis to visit family last week. When I think of Minnesota, oceans and whales are not the first thing …

Honolulu #85

In Search of Wyland Walls

On the way from the airport to the hotel, from highway H1, we got to see “New Millenium” and while we knew we would have to come back to it to get our picture, as we drove by, I …

Sea Life Park Oahu #15

In Search of Wyland Walls

I am always wary of walls that are in locations where you have to pay to get in. After finding so many extinct walls I was concerned about paying admission to Sea Life Park just to …

Honolulu #6*

In Search of Wyland Walls

After getting home I knew I had to do more research into this wall. Reading between the lines of the Wikipedia page I figured out that this wall is a reproduction of wall #6, …

Honolulu #89

In Search of Wyland Walls

I had some concern about finding Humpback Realm. It’s listed as being at “Navy Exchange” which make it seem like it was on a military facility but the only Navy Exchange I could …

Waikiki #67

In Search of Wyland Walls

I had done a little less research on the walls in Honolulu than those on Kauai but figured I had a good idea where to start. We saw the first wall on the way to the hotel from the …

Kaui'a #28 and #29

In Search of Wyland Walls

We have been to Kaua’i once before but Alex was 7 then and it was long before we were searching for Wyland walls. For his graduation from USC we wanted to take him and Kristie …

Newport #59

In Search of Wyland Walls

After our trip to Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver we had just about exhausted the west coast and had only one wall remaining. We had been wanting to visit Portland anyway so we …

Vancouver #56

In Search of Wyland Walls

After the disappointment on Melville Street I was a little concerned. Of the last 4 walls we’ve visited, 3 were extinct and 1 was so covered up by new construction you can barely …