The plan for Maui caled for some time at the beach, som shopping at our favorite jewelery store and then up to Haleakela (10000 feeet) before returning the rental car. We rented from Alamo (never again) got the convertible and plugged in the GPS. We found Wailea and big beach without much problem (thanks Maui revealed) The beach was lovely and relatively empty with nice warm water. Form there we headed back toward Wailea and found the black sand less than 1/2 mile away from the first beach. There was a totaly different vibe here. On the road down to the beach hope said it reminded her of a disney ride and when would the dinosaurs start to pop out? The pbeach and it's patrons looked like a throwback to the late 60's, complete with van and tie dye. We didn't stay long.
We did stop @ the shops @ Vailea and I did find new peice of black coral to add to the collection. They celebrated by birthday with champange (or tried to get my drunk to buy more, I'll assume the former thanks). By now it was after lunch time and Hope needed to be fed. A cheesburger place whose name escaped me filled the bill.
It was now time to drive up the moutain. The Maui reavealed directions were dead on and we managed the switchbacks and enjoyued the views. The mist arrived shortly after with did. It was cool to see the clouds racing up over the maoutain. Very cool and very wet. We didi get some pictures of the sliversword plant and the native nene birds before heading back down.
There was some unpleasantness with getting back to the ship, but it was all sorted out. When we returned we found Jenn and Jamies and asked them to join us for dinner. The service was better than I anticipated, but the food and the cleanliness of the water galsses left soemthing to be desired. No worries about gaining weight on this cruise. The portions are tiney. Again antoher long day and we were off to bed directly after dinner.
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