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| View from the hotel |
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| Fun plane ride to start |
We flew out with Mike and Adrianna, Uncle Steve, Jenn,
Aunt Cathy and Bob. The flight over was uneventful, except for the anticipation
of fun, and they rum and pineapple drinks. Mike and I actually got the last two
small bottles of rum. Running out of things was going to be a theme to this
trip.
Once we arrived Steph and I got our rental car, a
convertible, which we were happy to get just a week before the trip on
Priceline for about 75% off. The total price ended up being the same as a
regular car, but with more breeze.
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| Fun with the top down |
We stayed in Wailea, which was nice, but quiet. The
hotel, the Marriott, had a couple nice pools and was just a short walk down a
path to the beach, so everything you needed was right there.
Steph, Mike, Adrianna and I drove to Hana the first full
day we were there, but we started the day at the restaurant with a Loco Moco.
The drive to Hana was fun. Had the top down, we eventually figured out the
Bluetooth so Mike was DJ for the day, all good.
Side note, the book Maui Revealed, I think that’s what it’s
called. It’s blue, and sold everywhere was golden, especially on our drive to
Hana.
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| Waterfalls |
Steph navigated us to mile 6.5. Yes, in Hawaii many of
the mile markers are .5. We pulled off to the side of the road and started to
hike through the forest, because that’s what the book said to do. We quickly
learned that the book was always right. We hiked to a river, hopped around
there for a bit, then hiked through the bamboo jungle to some waterfalls. The
book gave great descriptions on exactly where to hike, which paths to take,
etc. The falls were cool, the hike was hot. The girls took advantage of the
water with a swim.
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| Swimming near the falls |
We had some great fish tacos around mile 22. We drove
through Hana on our way to the 7 Pools. We anticipated getting there, swimming
in the pools, jumping off rocks, etc. However, when we go to the pools we were
greeted with, “Sorry, no swimming today.” The wet winter had turned the pools
into more of a group of rapids, so we couldn’t swim. Total bummer. A full day
of driving and no payoff at the end. So we went back.
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| Golfing Old Blue |
Friday the guys golfed the Old Blue Course at Wailea. The
golf game was terrible, thankfully the company and the views were awesome.
After golf was the rehearsal dinner at a restaurant in
the Marriott, turns out that one of the contestants from Top Chef was the Chef
there and Steph and I got to go meet him in the kitchen, so that was cool.
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| Steph with Top Chef contestant Chef Sheldon |
Saturday was the wedding and all the main points went
well. The toughest part, being in long pants and longs sleeves. Now the shirt sleeves
were rolled up, but it was still really hot. Sweating a lot hot. But the
ceremony was very nice.
The reception was nice as well. Really good food at Tommy
Bahamas, Mike’s best man speech went really well, he nailed it. There was a
bride-groom cake fight. And plenty to drink.
Skipping back a couple days. Alan had a Loco Moco 6 out
of 7 days. On one of the days I joined him in having one, and Mike came down a
few minutes later and ordered one. The waitress came back to our table and said
they ran out and Alan and I got the last two. This is funny on many levels, the
first is, what exactly do you run out of??? The second, the expression on Mike’s
face was priceless!
Also, one night while we were out I ordered a Mojito,
only to have the waitress come back and tell us, they had run out of mint. I
told you this was a trip of things running out.
On Sunday after the wedding, Steph and I took another
drive. This time up past Kannapali to Kapalua. We followed the book again and
hiked down some cliffs to the edge of the water where there was a blowhole, which
was cool. The power of the water was certainly on display. The cliffs, the
water, the hike, everything was very fun.
We then drove down to Kannapali and spent the afternoon
on the beach. I swam out to Black Rock and took my chances jumping off. Steph
got some pictures.
We spent much of the rest of the time at the pool and the
beach. We had a great time meeting Shannon’s family and friends.
And because I told her I’d tell the story, although she’ll
no doubt deny it, Adrianna got confused by Courthouse and Whorehouse. Call it
the multiple shots of Jamison, or any of the other fruity drinks that were
being served, but she tried to say that her and Mike should just skip their “wedding
ceremony and go to the courthouse” then use all the money on a honeymoon to
Borah Borah. However, what she said, was “We should just skip the ceremony and
go to the whorehouse.” Which left everyone in stitches from the laughter.
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| Can someone point me to the gym? |
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| Hiking near Kapalua |
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| Sure, cliff diving sounds fun |
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