Suzanne admonishes me often for letting significant events go by without a blog entry — things like seeing the Foo Fighters (best concert ever), putting in a backyard garden, freelancing for Google, etc. For whatever reason, it takes relaxing surroundings and something I’m really excited about to get me writing.
We arrived yesterday after a long direct flight from Dallas. The trip was mostly smooth, though our flight was delayed one hour and we were made to wait till the bitter end to get our bags — they were the last ones delivered off the plane.
Flying on American these days is not a culinary delight, so we were famished by the time we arrived. We drove the short drive to Paia and found the Paia Fish Market where we promptly spurned the fish for burgers and fries. We’re saving our fish quota for other venues. It was quite satisfying and we enjoyed a couple of Bikini Blonde Lagers, a local brew.
With daylight fading and with our own energy running low, we made our way to our cottage which was as nice as advertised. Perhaps not as fantastic as the River House on Kauai, but that bar is set unfairly high. We have a glorious view overlooking a valley with Hookipa Beach off in the distance. We can also see the larger city of Kahului across the bay.
It rained most of the night which made it easy for us to sleep through to nearly normal morning hours. We were still up at 5:45am, though. We took this picture of a dawn rainbow across the bay. What a start to our day and our trip!