Countdown to Takeoff

Monday - Cramming in the last bits of vacation.

It’s going to be too busy. Laundry…reading…clean out the fridge…reading…run up to Makawo…reading… packing… reading…

Most of the packing got done. There are just some things that cannot be packed until tomorrow. I was not able to finish reading an entire book today but I have to congratulate myself for reading the stack o’ non-returnable, used books I brought with the thought of not having to tote them home. I do, however, have a few that will remain on my “keeper” shelf.

Hubby and I emptied the fridge, except for the next day’s breakfast. Brought the empty aluminum cans, newspaper, and plastic bag to the recycle center. Found a food donation bin for those items we didn’t use and wanted to pass on for someone instead of throwing them away.

We found our food bin at Sotheby’s at the Shops at Wailea.

Believe or not it rained… again… the clouds were very dark and instead of walking across the street to the Five Palms for dinner, the uncertain inclement weather made driving the car a necessity. The Five Palms had their own problems due to the unexpected downpour. Their patio was closed. All their diners were restricted to indoor dining or the bar area which made for an hour’s wait, which we weren’t going to do.

We headed over to Sarento’s next door. It’s the sister restaurant to Nick’s FishMarket… so really, how bad could it be? The waiting “team”… ahem… need to get its act together. Although head waiter-floor manager Michael smoozed up a storm with clients, we waited a long time for our menus, and even l-o-n-g-e-r for someone to take our order. Moments before Steven (or was it Stephen?) took our orders, we were debating if we should pay for our drinks and find a place to eat. Cheeseburer in Paradise, perhaps?

As it turned out the food was very good. There was an indoor light show where the overhead string of lights flickered with the blustery wind multiple times before going out. But shockingly enough, what caught our eye… or ears in this case, were the surrounding patrons. I don’t know where these people came from but the four at our table had our eyebrows raised nearly the entire time. No, it was not a good look.

We declined dessert, heck we don’t want to spend all night there waiting, and headed home. There was, after all, ice cream we had to clean up.

We’ll be leaving in the morning to head home. Alo-HA! Until next year. I'll leave the blog up until the end of the week. Thank you to those of you who followed our journey on Maui.