Beach day today! As we had nothing scheduled until this evening we were able to get up whenever we wanted to and do whatever we wanted to. So we decided to find our way to the beach behind the condo, and then figure out the easiest path to take the wagon with beach chairs, etcetera, through the property down to the beach gate. Oddly, that took longer than it probably should have (I’m not sure if this property is actually that big or if we’re just confused). Additionally, it turns out the property changed the gate codes two days before we arrived, so the codes we got from the property manager in the welcome package were already wrong. Thankfully one of the neighbouring guests provided the correct code to us. At any rate, I think we’re finally getting the lay of the property’s land, and in the process I also found the fitness room! Now let’s see if I actually get down there before we leave…
We finally got settled on Keawakapu Beach at around 11:00 or so, relaxed in the chairs, sunk our toes in the sand, went for a swim twice (well, I went for a swim twice; Dan just got his feet wet), snacked on Maui Gold pineapple, Crunchmaster crackers, and Surfing Goat Dairy’s Ivory Coast cheese, read a chapter of Craig Alanson‘s fourth book in the Expeditionary Force series (Skippy is such an asshole), and watched some whales play (fight? carouse? court?) just off the beach.
After a couple of hours of all that, we returned to the condo, showered the salt and sunscreen off, chilled for a minute or two, and then took off to Lahaina again. On the way we realized we hadn’t actually had anything substantive to eat today, so we stopped in Olowalu for lunch at Leoda’s Kitchen and Pie Shop. We did not have the dessert pie, which looked amazing, but Dan did have the chicken pot pie while I had a BLT sandwhich on the softest and freshest bread I’ve had in a long time. Both were really tasty, and the restaurant was a nice little diner that was clearly very popular because by the time we had ordered there was a line-up out the door.
We intended to return to the Dragon Fruit Farm to purchase some preserves and leave the tip we didn’t get to when we were there, but they ended up not being open when we got there. So we just kept going to the Hyatt Resort for the Drums of the Pacific Lu’au. We received kukui nut leis (kukui trees are the state tree of Hawaii, by the way), a complimentary photo of us, and we sat at a table right in front of the stage. The servers were great, the show was great, the food was great, the company at our table was great… everything was great. The dances represented south pacific regions: Tuamotus, New Zealand, Tahiti, Tonga, Hawai’i, and Rarotonga. They included a Haka and a fire dance, which was pretty spectacular.
The highlight of the evening, though, was when Dan actually said he would want to come back to Maui again. I’m on it…
Aloha ahiahi!
Adelle and Dan
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