We Made it to Maui

We had a wonderful flight to Honolulu. Ed really took care of us. We sat in first class from Dallas to Honolulu. This was great - the seats would lay back into beds. We didn't lie down too much but when we did...it was really nice.

Airplane seat controls

We flew into Honolulu and everything was running along like clockwork...until the pilot announced, as we were sitting in our seats on the jetway, that we have to switch planes due to a computer problem. We decided it was better to discover this on the ground rather than in the air...so off we went. This was only about a 30 minute delay but it did get into Maui around 9:30 pm. It was dark, so we couldn't see anything and by that time, we didn't care; we were very tired and hungry. We got into our room and went to bed.

Honolulu Airport

Hawaiian Airlines

Up at 6:30 am wide awake. We got up and walked down to the end of the beach where we found a nice little deli/cafe type place. We had breakfast outside with the wind blowing through our hair, sand in-between our toes and the ocean right in front of us. We had found heaven here on earth. It's called Maui, Hawaii.

For the next several hours, three to be exact, I layed out on the beach while Ed worked on getting our room upgraded, found a restaurant for our wedding dinner, and signed us up for a Starwood Villa Resort timeshare pitch - he felt like it was worth it because they give you 7500 points for an 1 1/2 hour sales pitch. He was one busy little boy. He eventually got out to beach with me, layed out for 15-20 minutes and my poor honey was lobster red by the end of the night. Next time...we'll definitely use the suntan lotion.

After the beach, we mosey'd over the gym for a nice little cardio/workout. Now, we're starving...time to eat. We found a great little restaurant, called Tropica, next to our hotel. Perfect..it was close, no line, not too many people and a little guy singing and playing the guitar, all right next to the beach. We had a wonderful dinner and a really nice time together. This dinner turned out to be pretty expensive so we learned we have to be more careful in our choices. Can't afford dinners like that every night.

Ed and Lisa at Tropica

Sunday...up for church; we're going to meet Pastor Dominic (Dom) Done from Calvary Maui. Pastor Dom will be marrying Ed and I this Friday. The church service was really really good, we both enjoyed it. Ed and I were both pretty surprised at how young he was. Ed thinks he was around 35, I thought he was closer to 30 years old. Nonetheless, he definitely has a love for the Lord and that is what we were looking for.

Calvary Maui Church

Inside church

Outside of church

Hawaiian 'Ed'

Van parked outside of church

After that, we drove down to Waimea, near Wailea, and had lunch on the beach. The view was great but the food could use some improvement. Did some explorin while we were there but we couldn't spend too much time - we had to be back to the hotel by 2:30 for the Westin time-share pitch.

Good news, we made it threw their sales pitch alive! We've done that before and it can be brutal. You actually feel worn out from the pressure. I guess because Ed is Platinum and has traveled so much, they let us off easy.

Ended up at the Tiki Torch for dinner. This was a a great find. They have a free hula show every night from 6:30 - 7:30 and live music until 9:00 pm. We really enjoyed all of that but my food wasn't all that great. No, actually it wasn't very good at all. Ed, however, liked his fish. They were very nice and didn't charge us for my meal which was very much appreciated.

Walked back on the beach and just had a great time together today.

Off to bed now. Trying to get up by 7:00 am every day to get in as much time as we can!

Night