Hooray and ALOHA!!
We landed on Maui where we were greeted by our dear friends,
the Ponds and the Walches.
We headed to the beach that evening for a perfect sunset,
in fact, every evening we stopped where ever we were and took in the
gorgeous colors. mmmm.
This is what we woke up to every day...
This gorgeous path runs along the hotel we stayed at and the other beach front hotels.
Ono Gelato in Paia...
yummy gelato in our favorite, funky little town on the north shore.
Doing the hula at the Iao Needle.
Still not sure why. :)
Wilson spoiled us with this yummy breakfast every morning.
Papaya with lime (who knew?)
tropical smoothies and sweet Hawaiian bread with
guava jelly.
Makes my mouth water just thinking about it!!
On Thursday we headed to Lahaina and went on a whale-watching tour.
Pretty sure I never need to be closer to whales again.
We saw LOTS of humpback whales - but of course I didn't get great pictures... but this I know, THEY ARE BIG.
This is the Wau'anapanapa Black Sand Beach on the road to Hana. Here is Kelly posing for my picture, while I get hit by the next big wave. So... here is a shot of my wet skirt. The road to Hana apparently has more than 600 turns along this curvy, windy little road.
Gorgeous? Yes.
Carsick? Almost.
Do I ever need to do it again? No.
And farewell again to our happy place.
THANK YOU SO MUCH to Grandma B., Niccole and Nanny Vicki. We obviously couldn't have done it without you.
Mahalo and we love you.
dear Maui, until next time... :)
