Aloha...

We have been here three days and we are smitten! Maui has exceeded our expectations and we may not go home...ever!

Our flight to Seattle was delayed and the worried agents...told us we might have to spend the night in Seattle...and then connect the next morning (which would have been a collossal drag!) We were told that there was a slight chance that we would make it if we would run, turn left, go down the escalator and catch a train....etc etc. It didn't seem too hopeful.

But we made it. We made it in time for the Maui flight...from that point on though we were the reason for every other delay. "This is the captain speaking...because we had to wait for the people from edmonton...because their bags had to be screened..etc. etc.) When we got to Maui our bags did not arrive....and after a long wait...we were told we each had a fifty dollar credit to get essentials and our bags would arrive sometime the next day. So our first order of business was a shopping trip to K Mart for essentials like a swim suit and toothbrushes.

Our first morning here (we were up around 5 AM...we went for a walk on the beach closest to us and discovered that it had been closed to swimmers...due to shark attacks. A lady had been bit by a Tiger shark. However by the afternoon...all was well...and we spent some time floating around. The water is warm and clean...no nasty ocean smell!

We got to our Condo without any mistakes, thanks to Aimee's navigation and went to bed!

...As you can see we have gone local...well as you can see by Tage! We spent our first day getting our bearings, hanging around Kihei, grocery shopping and getting pounded by some pretty big waves.

Yesterday we spent our morning at Big Beach...and did some body surfing and "caught some waves" on our cheapy boogy boards. In the afternoon we went up the island and checked out Lahaina (the former royal capital of Hawaii), and Kanapaali. We were all in agreement that our own location was ideal!..

We are not entirely turned around time wise so we tend to wake up early and go to bed early. The best thing about that is...24 hour shopping, you can bump around Safeway with other jet lagged shoppers...nice!