Kihei, Maui, Hawaii |
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Kihei, Maui, Hawaii |
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Tara
had been trying to talk to her high school friend Kim since arriving in
Maui. By the day before we were leaving, Tara still hadn't talked to Kim.
Finally, she found out where Kim worked from her son and we headed to Tommy
Bahama's in the new Wailea shopping center.
Not only did Kim buy us the brownie desert we'd ordered, but she also invited us back to her house and we had a very enjoyable evening with friends!
While we were waiting for Kim to get off work, we walked to the coast. Seth settled into a nice spot on a hill and watched for whales. Tara couldn't sit still so she walked and walked and walked towards the Kea Lani.
Seth
spotted many whales. Some were spouting water, others were jumping up out
of the water and one was very actively waving his tail back and forth.
By the time Tara came back from her walk (a little later than planned and
she hadn't even reached the Kea Lani) it was time to go back to Tommy Bahamas
since Kim was getting off work.
At Kim's house we met her son Anthony and saw her sister and Mom again. We enjoyed sitting and talking out on the balcony, plus had a tasty steak dinner. After dinner two friends came over and we started playing a board game. There was a lot of drinking and smoking going on, so someone suggested we move the to a local karaoke bar. Tara thought the karaoke bar was fun, Seth got stuck talking to a local drunk. Seth's big surprise of the night was when we were driving home and did a "Chinese fire drill". He'd never gotten out of a car while it was stopped at a corner and run around it before piling back inside. We stopped for fire drills at least.
In the morning we gathered all our clean laundry, made hotel reservations in Los Angeles and spent a brief time at a local beach before boarding the plane for our next destination.
We did leave one of Seth's gadgets in Maui. He'd put the very powerful,
tiny flashlight that he'd bought at Eddy Bauer in Vancouver onto the rental
car key chain. It had come in very handy in Hana and Pa'ia. Unfortunately,
when we were returning the car we forgot to remove the flashlight from
the key chain. We'd mentioned removing the flashlight a few days before
we were leaving, but only remember it a day after we'd left. Tara called
Alamo from California Adventure. There was no flashlight turned in and
the car had already been re-rented. Thus, even though Alamo was going to
call us again when the car came back in, we figured we'd seen the last
of our handy flashlight :-(
| Category | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Experience | 8 | A really fun unexpected night spent casually with friends. |
| Ease of Journey | 7 | The Hana drive was much easier on the way back since it was a clear, non-raining day. |
| Accommodation | N/A | We stayed at a friend's house |
| Activities | 7 | We had fun at night playing games and going for karaoke. The beach we went to together the following morning was great! |
| Coolness | 7 | A fun night. |
Rental Car from Alamo
White Camaro Convertible
$256.42 for one week. A little more than $100 for an extra two days.
Seth left a little flashlight he'd purchased at Eddie Bauer on the
car key chain. (like in Chicago when the safety deposit box key was left
on the rental car keychain).
We'd didn't get to stay at the B&B recommended by Grace & Jeff:
Fountainhead on Maui.
