Uncategorized

No matter where we travel, I’m always on the hunt for the perfect sandwich. I’m known to route flights through Las Vegas just for a stop at the Port of Subs in the terminal. So, yesterday we set out to taste the top-rated sandwiches on Maui at 808 Deli. The menu features classic combinations, along…

Rob and Trent woke up early for their bike ride – but only to find it pouring rain and decided to push back their adventure for a day. A lazy morning instead, watching a lot of Discovery Channel shows set in Alaska. All that “surviving” amped them up to tackle the young coconuts left in…

Everything in Hawaii is lush and majestic…except for the terrifying and enormous snails. This is one of the smaller specimens we saw, next to a quarter for perspective. We ran across a shell easily twice as large as this behind a bush in the yard. I tried to research the history of these giants, but…

We headed back to the beach this morning. Jean rode over on of the rented bike and the rest of us took the car to Polo Beach in front of the Fairmont Hotel in Wailea. It’s nice that there are big public parking lots and clear paths to the beaches in front of Maui’s fancier…

We took another day off from the beach today and headed to the “upcountry” to explore. Rob and Trent took off in advance on their rented roadbikes and the rest of us left by car after Everett’s morning nap. We encountered heavy rains in central Maui that turned into a massive rainbow once we reached…

We took a day off from the beach today and headed up to the hills on the north side of the island for a hike. The Waihe’e Ridge Trail started up in the hills past a few farms, overlooking the ocean. Jean, Trent, Rob and the little baby came along on the 4.5 mile trail.…

Merry Christmas from sunny Maui!  Rob and Trent went off this morning for a 74-mile bike ride around the south west part of Maui (I’ll share those details later) and the rest of us were very lazy at home – making calls back to all our siblings and friends on the “mainland.” After the guys…

Happy Christmas Eve from Kihei! We had a great busy day at the beach to celebrate the holiday. Rob and Trent headed off before us by bike – they just rented two road bikes for the week.  The rest of us drove over and found a shady spot under a big acacia tree at Po’olenalena.…

On Monday morning, we woke up at 5:30 (ugh!) for a snorkeling cruise off Maui. The sun was just starting to rise over the island when we arrived at the harbor, bustling with tourists locating their ships for the day. Our small boat run by Aloha Blue Charters looked almost exactly like the S.S. Minnow…

We are settling into the pace of life here in Maui. Everything is so much slower (and warmer) than San Francisco.  Our neighborhood is a palm-filled suburb straight out of the movie The Descendants. We’ve been waking up pretty early with the little nephew’s schedule.  Mornings have been filled with local Maui Grown Coffee and oatmeal…