Maui - 8 Last Day in Paradise

After our breakfast of pineapple and toast with Maui honey, we spent a good part of the morning on the lanai whale watching. We saw one breech four times. What a spectacular site!!! We saw another whale breach three times. The whales were putting on quite a show if you knew what to look for on the horizon. We knew thanks to the whale watching trip the Childs family sent us on.

Today we drove to the North side of the island. We found Dt Fleming Park. This is where many of the surfers like to go. It is the only beach on Maui with a life guard.

The surf is pretty rough. As you look at the following pictures, the tiny specs in the water are surfers.

We ended the day with our last trip to Island Cream Co. It has been a fabulous trip. We stayed in a beautiful condo. The food was delish. And the company was unforgettable - I love you Scott. Till our next adventure.I hope you all enjoyed reading about our adventures. If you get a chance to go to Maui - GO! Enjoy the local cousine. Shop at the Farmers Market. Try Island Cream Co. Go whale watching. Go to Pa'ia for fish tacos at the Farmers Marker Restaurant. and Whalia for the aquarium. Drive the island. Stop at the beaches. Explore. And above all, have fun!

Maui - 7

Maui 7

The Whales

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The Food

I am combining two days of food together today. I forgot to add yesterday's lunch. We went back to Down the Hatch in Lahania for lunch. We split a lobster and crab grilled cheese sandwich. It came with French fries and the added beer. Can I just say Yummm? Grilled cheese heaven!!!

Back to today. Guess what we had for breakfast?  Not to break tradition, we had a tropical breakfast of Kuai coffee, Maui honey on toast and pineapple. The breakfast of champions, or at least tourists. The wildlife was abundant today. Both Myrtle and Lucille were back, as were several whales. We saw a big and small whale traveling together. Since Maui is where the mothers take their young, we can assume that it was a mother and a calf. We saw blows, tails, backs and breeches. We saw several splashes, almost like they were playing.

Today's adventure was to Pa'ia. The trip was recommended by our youngest daughter Tara. It is a cute, rustic, beachy kind of town east of the airport on the north part of the island. We went for the tacos. While we waited we had another shave ice. This shop claimed to have the best shave ice  on Maui.

This was a split mango and coconut shave ice over macadamia nut ice cream. Perfect mid morning snack.

After more window shopping we landed at The Fish Market Restaurant (a tourist destination in itself) for fish tacos. We split an order of fish tacos that came with rice and potato salad.

Thank you Tara and Ricky Robinson for buying us a great tasting lunch! We have found that splitting meals is best for us. Besides, then there is room for dessert. Oops, we ate that first.
We saw the sad side of Maui on this trip. A homeless couple living in the store fronts. They were having a difficult time for sure. We had seen evidence of homelessness near the beaches, but this was right in your face. I guess if one is homeless, there is no more beautiful place to be.

Back to the condo, we sat on the lanai watching the ocean. The most fabulous show was about to appear. We saw at least f our whales on the horizon with several blows and body parts out of the water. Those pictures are embedded in my mind. Probably a good thing you can't go there.

I hope you enjoyed your visit to my blog. Have yourself a fabulous day!

Maui - 6

Maui - 6

The Aquarium

Welcome to our sixth day in Maui. We started the day watching whale blows, Myrtle and Lucille while eating our breakfast of toast with Maui honey and pineapple on the lanai. What a beautiful, slow moving morning.

Today we headed to the aquarium. It is one of the top 10 recommended aquariums in the world (according to a tourist magazine). Pt. Defiance in Tacoma has a much larger aquarium. The highlight was watching the 3D documentary on the humpback whales. If you ever go to Maui, you must go to the aquarium for the documentary (yes, it costs a little more, but well worth the cost).

We headed to Wailea for lunch and landed at Pita Center. It is a Greek restaurant that serves an "owner's catch of the day." Today's catch was swordfish. Scott ordered the catch of the day pita pocket and I ordered the catch of the day salad. Our thought was to split the orders at the table, but when we told the waitress our plans, our orders came to us already split. At no extra cost. Neither of us had ever had swordfish, but we loved the taste. It was cooked to perfection.

After lunch we headed to the chocolate shop for gifts. A couple of people should be very happy. Prices were reasonable and they had great customer service.

Then it was back to the condo for more time in the hot tub and on the lanai. It was a very relaxing day.

Dinner included veggies, Nancy's cookies, some macadamia nuts and ice cream of course. Scott and I end every dinner with ice cream. Or sometimes it is ice cream.

We had a lovely evening watching the ocean and sunset. Until next time, here are a few more pictures from our whale watching trip on day three. There include looking back at the land. Look at how blue the water is.