Not that we were actually expecting to see wild poultry, but the title here is not exactly what Dan first came up with. “Roosters” is in quotation marks because what Dan suggested — while I laughed — I thought better of posting. I’d rather not get put in FaceBook jail, thank you very much. And yes, there are roosters and hens pretty much everywhere we went today.
We woke up at our leisure this morning to a beautifully sunny day at the Days Inn. They had a small continental breakfast spread, nothing fancy, but very good and just enough for our purposes.
Check in at the condo wasn’t until 4pm, so we had the day to kill pretty much. We started off by at least finding our way to the condo to get a lay of the land, so to speak. And then we just drove randomly at first. Somehow we still ended up back in Kahului (near the airport), where we did a little clothes shopping (the shorts I brought turned out to be too big???).
In the course of our wanderings we had passed by this place called Momona a few times. It wasn’t until the third time that we realized it was a bakery and cafe, so since it seemed to be beckoning us anyway we stopped for lunch. It’s a delightful place, bright and airy, and the building must have been a bank in its former life because they had converted the safe into a private dining area and kept the vault door and bars. Dan confirmed the windowless room was walled in concrete. They have a sign on the door telling people not to close it — I imagine they likely don’t have the key or combination to it, lol! The sandwiches were perfect, and even the hot chocolate I had was decent (you all know by now how picky I am about that). Five out of five stars, highly recommended! And yes, I will be posting a review on Google to that effect.
A little grocery shopping, WalMart gold in the clothing department (I know, WalMart?! Really?), and then we were able to access the condo. Our friends Mark and Linda have this place (which I believe they might be trying to sell, if anyone’s interested) at Wailea Ekahi. It’s actually pretty perfect for us. Well laid out, full kitchen, dining room, lanai, living room, huge bedroom, two bathrooms, all appliances. There’s a pool, pavilion, pickleball court, and fitness room (oh! That’s what I forgot to go look for today…). The vacation property managers (Coldwell Banker Island Vacations) have been really good with staying in touch with us by text and email from the get-go, and they have an online portal that’s pretty easy to navigate. Definite thumbs up so far.
After settling in and unpacking, and taking a little rest, we made our way back to the Kahului Shopping Centre to visit the Maui Sunday Market. We thought it was a FARMERS market because I found it by searching for “Maui Sunday Farmers Market”), so our thinking was to get fresh bread, preserves, and fruit there (rather than from Safeway where we were earlier). But it wasn’t a farmers market, it was a vendors market with what must have been a dozen food trucks and live music. It was actually pretty cool, although we didn’t buy anything except supper. It was not easy to choose between the food trucks, but we ended up going with Al’s BBQ Pit. They had an adobe rice with chicken dish and a teriyaki mahi dish that were both pretty awesome. We ate in the dark (for some reason they didn’t have lighting at the picnic tables), with what I’ll call “mood lighting” from my cell phone.
A good first day all around, I would say. Time to wind it down. Tomorrow we hit the water in the morning and stargazing in the evening.
Adelle and Dan
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