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Day 11 - Last Full Day in Maui
... certainly nothing like Ka'anapali a couple of days ago), but it was still very strong. In fact, they both taught themelves how to "bodysurf". For them that meant either laying down and getting caught up in what was left in the surge, or jumping into it and getting carried up the beach, but it worked perfectly for little people their size, and they had a blast doing it.
One of their little friends that they'd met there a few days ago ...
Day 5 - The Vacation Begins
... car and baggage in Maui, we needed to hit Costco to load up for the week. We learned our lesson last year - groceries are WAY cheaper at Costco than anywhere else that I've seen on the island. Fortunately they had some yummy local stuff, like Manapua and POG by the gallon for us to stock up on.
As we were driving out of Kahului, Samantha said, "Maui is so beautiful. Not like Honolulu." So true.
Rounding the southern part of West Maui, we looked out at ...
....we got mugged!
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The Pacific Whale Foundation sports a eco-adventure whale watch off the coast of Maui. All profits go to help save our oceans so we chose to go with this company for our first expedition.
Some facts on whale behavior:
-if you are lucky you will see a breach. This means the whale will have propelled itself out of the water, generally clearing ...
Another Day of Excitement
... side of the island than where we are staying we decided to explore while waiting for them to finish. We drove through Pa'ia (where the welcome sign said to not feed the hippies) and stopped at Ho'okipa Beach Park where we watched the surfers. There was one Hawaiian grandpa teaching a young child (assuming a grandchild) how to surf and it was really interesting, Dave decided to go check out the some of the tidepools and brought back a crab that ...
Aloha
This morning was an early start as we had an 8am flight out of San Francisco to Honolulu. Our shuttle bus picked us up at 6.20am (so we were up early!) and then we waited at a hotel around the corner for about 20 minutes for some late passengers (arrgghh). We were so relieved when we arrived at San Francisco airport as the line for security was reasonable and nothing like the mayhem at ...


