Maui 2019

  • Saturday traditions

    Since 1981, the University of Hawaii Maui College’s parking lot has been home to the Maui Swap Meet which is held on Saturdays. Whenever we are on the island, we make it a point to go. They have everything from jewellery to fresh fruits and vegetables to clothing. Karen, Paula and I got there around…

  • More whales please

    The whale season started just this past Monday so we are trying to take advantage by going on as many whale watching tours as we can. Today we had booked the three hour tour with Ultimate Whale Watch. Our captain was Tiffany who we had earlier in the week and the naturalist was Rhianna. The…

  • Pause and reflect

    Nothing much happened today and I am ok with that. The morning started with Paula and I making a grocery store run and then hanging by the pool. Meanwhile Karen, Ross and Susie were supposed to do the two hour Adventure Sail with Scotch Mist Sailing Adventures. Unfortunately for them, the trip was cancelled due…

  • Dolphins and whales

    There were no early morning plans today so we got to sleep in and boy was it needed. The only thing on the schedule was a two hour whale watching tour with Ultimate Whale Watch at 11:20am. So the morning was spent just taking it easy. The tour was just getting started when we came…

  • Happy Birthday Karen

    Today was the second reason why we came to Maui, to celebrate Karen’s birthday. Backstory … I was hanging up birthday decorations last night when I hear voices out on the lanai and it turns out to be Steve and Linda. They decided back in August to come to Maui to help celebrate Karen’s birthday…