Wow - I'm lovin' Maui

Chris and I are having a ball here in Maui - wish all of you were here too. Tuesday was an interesting trip over with late flights and true running from plane to plane. (I'll never look at running people in the airport the same after that ordeal.) We started our day lazily around 9am and had bagels/cream cheese and bananas for breakfast. The only thing we were missing was coffee, Chris was excited to try the recommendation from our concierge but in the end he was trully “yucked out.” He doesn't like Honolulu Coffee or Bad Ass Coffee - we tried both. After the coffee and picking up our week of tickets at Expedia's Activity Center we had to take our rental car back because of a gurggle it was making. That actually worked out well because we returned it and opted for a convertible. It's totally worth the extra 30.00 a day. We rented a fridge for 25.00 (for the whole week) so that is saving us a ton of cash. We are stocking our own breakfast and snackage. So I figure we are compensating for the difference. :) After the car exchange we headed over for our helicopter trip around the island. Wow - that was phenomenal. We rode with “Rick” who's been giving tours of the island several times a day for the past thirty years. It totally showed, he loves this island and you can feel it. He's funny too - we flew around the small island that was filmed at the beginning of Jurassic Park and he played the music and took the same route. Cute and a little cheesy all at the same - I love it. After that we came back to the hotel and freshened up then took off for sushi at Sensai - yum - it was worth the wait - half hour. We sat at the sushi bar and met “Al” who introduced us to amazing “treats.” Chris tried sea urchin - sashimi style! I was totally impressed, not being an urchin fan myself. The panko ahi roll was to die for. We will definitely be back - maybe tonight.  On our trip back to the hotel we stopped for fresh heavy cream and coffee filters because Chris has decided to make his own Kona. Last but not least we went to the bar and had drinks and ended up in the jacuzzi for a “back rub” before bed. What a day!!!

Sunrise is in another five or ten minutes… I better go brew some coffee if I think honey is going to join me on the balcony for a viewing! Aloha and mahalo!