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Tips4theTrip: Gnarliest picket fence ever

Surfboard House, a B&B in Hanalei, Kauai.

Surfboard House, a B&B in Hanalei, Kauai.

(Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)
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On the north shore of Kauai in the storied hamlet of Hanalei, there’s a B&B called Surfboard House. It’s only got two units, an Elvis Suite and a Cowgirl Suite, each priced at $350 per night.

Since I needed something closer to $200, I didn’t get to stay there on my last visit in 2014. But I stopped by long enough to grab this photo and envy that fence of surfboards. Here’s more on Hanalei and (just below) a gallery of lessons learned on the road.

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You can always count on travel to teach you something -- but what? Travel is the substitute teacher who didn’t get the lesson plan, the adjunct lecturer who goes off on Bukowski, the grad assistant who trashes your poetry, then hands out red velvet cupcakes. If only you’d had a clue what was coming, right?

I’m building this gallery from new and old adventures in the West and the world beyond. The photos are all mine. As for the attempted wisdom, it’s all dead serious, except for that which isn’t.

christopher.reynolds@latimes.com

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Twitter: @mrcsreynolds

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