Vacation!!!

Last week we took a much needed vacation. Since November is Aho's vacation month, we figured we better use it. So, we decided to try out the superferry and go to Maui for 4 days. We figured it would cost about the same to travel and take our truck as it would to fly and rent a car, but that we could take as much stuff as we needed to in our truck as opposed to being limited to one bag each on the airplane. Maui was great! A little expensive, but great. But next time, we'll spend $17 for our extra bags and just take the plane.

We were a little excited getting ready to leave, but that was short lived. Good thing we took a picture while we were still smiling. Well, that's the biggest smile you get from Aho.

I have NEVER gotten sea sick. NEVER! And I've been on my fair share of boats. Aho has NEVER gotten sea sick. NEVER! But I guess there's a first for everything, because after the FOUR HOUR trip from Oahu to Maui (yes, air only takes 30 minutes), we were both feeling pretty lousy. In fact, after the trip there, we were pretty tempted to buy plane tickets and ship the truck back.

Sunday night we had dinner at Sansei for Aho's 24th birthday. With all the crazy things going on and being away from home, we couldn't do birthday cake and ice cream, so Aho settled for tempura fried ice cream for dessert. It was so good!Monday we decided to take a drive to Hana. It was beau-t-ful and made us very grateful to live in Hawaii. We were going to attempt to head all the way to Kaupo, but the tourists out there drive crazy and the one lane road was getting a little hazardous. So we decided to just head back. We had to make a few stops along the way for a hungry little man. Then for a grumpy little man. And then for a carsick mommy (another first). But the fresh air was great. Tuesday we wanted to catch some sun and went down the road to Wailea to hit the beach. Well, the clouds decided to join us and the water was freezing, but it was still gorgeous.

After the beach we drove to Kahului and ate lunch at Da Kitchen (the best place we ate on Maui, thank you Clarke), had guri-guri at Maui Mall (thanks Lohi for location), and drove around, ending up at Iao Valley. It was late and very windy and cold, but once again, beautiful!

Wednesday we had to get up, pack, run to Makawao to hit Komoda Bakery (again, thank you Clarke), and then jump back on the superferry (which was faster and smoother the second time around).

For those of you who haven't been to Maui in a while, you really should go. It cost us a pretty penny, but it was nice to see that there are still parts of Hawaii that aren't covered in cement. Everywhere we went we saw open land, green trees, and blue ocean. Four days definately wasn't long enough to see everything, but we liked everything we saw. Thank you hunny for such a great trip. And for finally taking a vacation. =)