6 AM Sunday. Wake up to get to Pleasant Holidays Island Orientation at the Royal Lahiana Hotel. There we regaled with food and descriptions of different paid activities and tours by a hilarious Hawaiian woman (who said the quote above) -- and shocked to find that we had been at Maui's only nightly life the night before. It was then that Sarah learned the magnitude of my parents' gift-giving propensity. We signed up for several tours and Sarah and I got ice cream- then we went to a craft and gift fair.
Sarah was accosted by a woman selling jewelry and fascinators and was convinced to buy a very pretty one with a feather and a piece of mink fur. The man with pet coconuts almost got me, but Patrick wasn't desirous of one. I did purchase shirts and a sarong and an angel ornament made from shells sold by a man who called himself Santa and offered to give Sarah her ornament for free if she could tell him the Hawaiian word for the creature it was a likeness of- she could not. He'e. I think.
Soon though, Sarah and I were done and staring with longing at the ocean. Dad was already done and laying on the grass by the car. We left our purchases with him and the Kia Rio and walked to the water. First steps into the Pacific Ocean in Hawaii.
Did you get to go up Haleakala? Its amazing up there. We almost didn't when we were there, but out of boredom on one of the last days of the trip drove up it. We were pleasantly surprised when we got to the top! - Eric
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