Going Home

Saturday, Nov 17th - Flying home  . . . Mahalo, Maui

The Last Day

Friday, Nov 16th - Time has flown.

Lunch: Mama’s Fish House
Seared sashimi, Macadamia Nut Crab Cakes, Grilled Mahimahi, slow-cooked Big Island Wild Boar, Octopus Luau and Ahi Poki, Ono, A’u ku and Ahi sauteed in Panang Curry and coconut milk.

Someone had to have the Black Pearl

Dinner: Duo   


We only had appetizers.... about 20 of them.

Catching Up. . .

Due to technical difficulties I have been unable to post in Maui. Sorry.

Thursday, Nov 15th - Bikin’ Boy bike ride for today 80 miles! Yes, he is crazy.

He said it was nice and green. This was he saw...

This is what I meant about nice and green . . . 
Hana Road style

The rest of us? We’re totally sane.

Dinner: Ko

Pictured: Oishi Sushi

Wednesday, Nov 14th -  Hubby jogs a few miles in this morning. That's exercise. Bikin’ Boy’s morning bike ride, involved going around the airport and back. I don't know what you call that. No, it's not crazy.

Rockin’ Girl and Bikin’ Boy took us to Gannon’s on Wailea Golf Course Drive. We were so impressed by this restaurant we plan to put her Upcountry place on the top of our list for next year.

Dinner: Fat Daddy’s BBQ

Island Hopping

Tuesday, Nov 12 - The boys head out for Lanai’i on a diving expedition. They saw:

spiny lobster

trumpet fish

parrot fish

Humuhumukunukuapua’a

and The Cathedrals

Back to Humhumu for dinner

The Long, Long Day

Monday, Nov. 11th - Rockin’ Girl and Bikin’ Boy head out early Monday morning, 2:30 am, to meet their group for the Haleakala bike ride down the volcano.













Rockin’ Girl was a bit miffed by the incorrect use of molten lava rock... because we all know we cannot walk on the stuff . . . and she does know what she's talking about. We don't call her Rockin' Girl for nothing.






It's safe once it's cool . . .then we can call it lava rock.<





It seems for some people that is not enough time on a bike. So why not throw in another 10 or so miles?








Then, as if all that was not enough, Rockin’ Girl and Bikin’ Boy headed down to find a black sand beach - One’uli Beach at Makena State Park.

They played in the ocean and had a chance to boogie board.

Apologies

I’ve been occupied with vacation things these past few days. I’ll try and update the blog when I have time.





Rosemary, this Chocolate Shake from MonkeyPod has been consumed for you!

A New Week Begins

Saturday, Nov. 10th - One week down. One week to go. Today marks the halfway point of our stay. We have new people coming to the island. There is Rockin’ Girl and Bikin’ Boy.

Before meeting our company at the airport, Hubby earned a Haleakala-sized pile of Brownie Points by driving me up to Makawao to buy the carton of Haupia ice cream I saw last week. We put our ice packs in an insulated grocery bag I didn’t know we had and stored all of that in the condo unit’s cooler. Double insulation!

Makawao was about a half hour side trip to the airport. Zip we’d fly in, grab the ice cream, and zoom we’d head off to the airport. Except... driving into bucolic Makawao wasn’t anything like we’d seen before.

And Kamoda’s was spilling over with customers. There was a line out the door. From where had all these people come? Hubby could not find a place to park. He drove down Baldwin Ave. to the end of town and circled back through the residential streets, meeting me in front of Kamoda’s where I packed the ice cream in the insulated bag, strategically arranging the ice packs around the carton, then placed the bag in the cooler where it would sit for the next two hours.

The airport parking lots were packed with people. The airport was packed with people. Packed. I’ve never seen so many people on this island, ever.

After we collected Rockin’ Girl and Bikin’ Boy, we headed to the condo. You will recall there is a carton of ice cream in the back of our car that needs to go in the freezer. The ice cream, which melted very little, found its home. Our company settled in and we headed out for a bit of lunch.

At 4pm we headed upstairs for Mai Tais before heading out to dinner. We returned to Spago at the Four Seasons Resort for the last night of Restaurant Week. The resort grounds were beautiful. The terraced patios, flowing fountains, multi-leveled pools all lead down to the beach level where many people stood around watching the magnificent sunset. We saw the torchlighter running across the patio in his loincloth stopping occasionally to blow his conch and light the torches.

I think Gordon Ramsey must have invaded Wolfgang Puck’s Spago and caused some trouble because the restaurant seemed to have some real problems. The food was good but very, very late getting to the table.

When they set a fork and spoon at each of our places for “complementary dessert,” I felt as if I were being held captive. I just wanted to go home. On our way out, we saw the mass of people at the bar, in the waiting area, and outside near the podium. It was nearly 8pm when we left. I wonder if those people ever made it to the table for their supper.

A Sad and Sadder Day

Friday, Nov. 9th - Our dear Jane and Ray must say Aloha to us and 
Maui. It is their time to return to the mainland. We have enjoyed their company so much. We did encourage them, as we have all our guests, to stay the entire two weeks but for whatever reason they could not. Maybe next time they'll stay longer. 


On our way home from the airport Hubby and I needed a few groceries... what we were actually looking for was … you know ...

Jane told us the lady she bought her Shave Ice from the day before found Haupia ice cream at Walmart... which is near the airport. Jane had a bit of the tasty frozen confection in her Shave Ice and now understands why I am consumed with its consumption. (Yes, I mean to use those two words.)




We stopped by Walmart. No Haupia ice cream. We headed back to Kihei and stopped at Safeway. No Haupia ice cream. We took a back street to Long’s on So. Kihei Road. No Haupia ice cream. We crossed the street to Times Market. No Haupia ice cream. We drove down the street to Foodland. No Haupia ice cream.

Honestly, it just makes you want to cry.

Island Time

 Thursday, Nov. 8th - We are tired from staying out so late. Yup. We were up until 10pm.

The condo is almost out of food but we don’t care. We don’t plan to have the problem we’ve had in past years.

At 5pm we headed out to the Fairmont Kea Lani. We did not plan to dine at the restaurant that had been my favorite for many years... which shall remain nameless.










Instead, we headed to the recently refurbished Ko.








Ko had one of thThe best Chi Chis I’ve had on this side of the island. We chose off the Prix Fixe menu. Oishi Sushi, Lumpia, and Portuguese Bean Soup as appetizers. Entrees included “Paniolo” Bone-In Rib-Eye Steak, Pancit Noodles, and Island Fried Rice. Dessert: Chantilly Cake and Plantation Pineapple Cake.








We rolled home, with many doggie bags, and sat out on the lanai to cool off before heading to bed.

Lahaina

Wednesday, Nov. 7th - There’s reading, blogging, writing, and napping going on in the condo this morning. Jane and Ray have opted to head out for the ocean.






Jane and the sea turtles are now friends.










We all headed out for Lahaina about 3 pm. We meander up, down, and across Front Street window shopping and such. It’s an interesting place.






When we get to the Banyon Tree we turn around. Our destination: Warren and Annabelle’s Magic Show. This is the first year we have not seen Warren.

This year the performers are John Shyrock. . .








. . . and Chris Blackmore. It was a great show. Our faces hurt from laughing so much.




We got back to the condo late and you know what happened after that.