Day 6 – We drove south to Wailea to see some of the fancy resorts and walk through some of the fancy shops.  Then we headed back to our hotel and spend the rest of the day at the beach. Apparently we are beach folks.  We ate, we watched for splashes from whales in the distance, and we enjoyed another sunset.  Pictures from that day look like the previous days!

Day 7 – Day 7 was what I call our day of boating!  During the morning we took a snorkeling cruise and in the evening we went on a sunset dinner cruise.  The pictures I took of snorkeling were of lots of blue water around us.

And I had my hands full eating quite a bit on the dinner cruise and took very few pictures.  Mr. G took the camera at the end and grabbed some pictures of the sunset.

And Day 8 – the worst day of any vacation – we went home.

Day 5 – We drove north and saw some of the other beaches… and decided we liked our best. After another afternoon of being beach bums, we cleaned up and headed to the Old Lahaina Luau.

 

 

 

Mr. G admitted that if it had just been the two of us there would have been no way I would have gotten him to agree to a luau. So glad we went – the food was good and the show entertaining!

 

 

And when we sat down at the “traditional” seating, the guys looked around and asked if we had to pay more to get a chair.  But he enjoyed it!

 

Day 4 – Even though we told the guys that we wouldn’t be getting up early again, we still all woke up pretty early every day – but no complaints!  We went into Lahaina  for breakfast and to check out the shops on Front Street (and Mr. G managed to eat ice cream at 10:30 am).  We picked up Subway for lunch and then headed back to the hotel… the rest of the afternoon was spent with our toes in the sand…

Day 3 – We woke up early to see the sunrise at  Mt Haleakala.  And I mean early… we left the hotel at 4 am (and managed not to tell the guys what time we needed to get up until the night before). It wasn’t too bad because of the jet lag..and because of McDonald’s (thank you for being open 24 hours a day!).  It took almost 1.5 hours to get to the visitors center, but we made it in time for sunrise.  It was cold, but so pretty!

After sunrise we hopped back in the car to warm up for a bit.  We shed some of our layers (I had 5 layers of shirts on) and then went back out to walk around and explore the crater.  The crowds cleared out and we were pretty much by ourselves.

 

We did run into another visitor and had him take a group picture.  He commented “I heard sunset is just as nice as sunrise”.  The looks the guys gave us!   But sunset wasn’t an option as after the mountain and changing rent cars (long story!) we headed to west Maui were we spent the rest of the trip at the Royal Lahaina! And where we promised the guys no more forced early wake ups!  As soon as our rooms were ready we changed into swimsuits and hit the beach.

 

Apparently I wish was a travel blogger!  Just kidding!. But we did get to spend a week in Maui in April. It was amazing!!!  And now on to the recap.

Day 1 – We traveled with another couple and were fortunate to get a direct flight to Maui. We checked into our hotel (airport Courtyard Marriott) and then headed to Costco for water and snacks (you can buy surf boards at the Costco in Maui!).  We ate dinner at an Italian restaurant called Marcos and then crashed for the night.

Day 2 – We were up early due to jet lag. But took full advantage of the early start for a breakfast at Krispy Kreme.  It wasn’t “local” but we are not ones to turn down warm Krispy Kreme! After our sugary start, we started our adventure on The Road to Hana.  I don’t know how many times I said “it’s not the destination but the journey”. Yup…I do a pretty good job reading a tour book from the back seat.

I also don’t want to guess how many times I sang TLCs “Waterfalls”… unfortunately for the other three I don’t know all the lyrics!

I think my favorite part was the black sand beaches at Waianapanapa State Park. So gorgeous!!

But I was also fond of the shaved ice and warm banana bread.

And more waterfalls!

There are a lot more pictures I could post but I will stop at these!

This week we welcomed our first niece! We have decided being an aunt and uncle is a pretty sweet deal.

Pictures from our quick trip to Ireland in Dec 2012. Better late than never, right?

Today is our 4th wedding anniversary! Someone asked us a few weeks ago how long we had been married and after replying I turned to Mr. G and said “I feel the need to give you a high-five.” High-fives all around!

Random photos from my old phone!