Tuesday 5/31/01

It's Tuesday morning. I finally got a good night sleep, the surfing seemed to make us super tired yesterday. Woke up and took another nice jog back up to the golf course and then met up with Mom, Tiff, and Lori for some White Tiger Yoga and Tai Chi out on the grass above the beach. What a super great way to start off the morning. The kids did a hula hoop and balloon toss contest over at the Kids Club and then Mom is taking them to make flower Lei's. After that we are going to go spend the afternoon in Lahaina. Tomorrow is the all day "Extreme Raft Dolphin Adventure" that Tiffany and I are going on so i'll report back then, hopefully with some awesome pics of dolphins, sea turtles and fish. It will be a good test for the waterproof camera. I hope you all are well.

Tiff brining her best form

Last ride of the day into the beach (yes that is me)

Sunset beach
A very cool bird down in the garden (about 16 inches tall)

Tiff wearing some beach wear

The first day took an interesting turn as we split up after shopping, the Larsons (sister and fam) went to look at some land on a coffee plantation and Mom, Tiff and I took off on a walk around the area. In both instances we heard that there was a private party going on over at the golf course and the word was that the band Santana was playing. We were told we could go over and sit down at the beach and hear them play. So we grilled some yellow tail tuna and some butter fish with a marinade that John (brother-in-law) bought at the fish market. It was awesome. After dinner we took off to the golf course and were able to sit right behind the stage and there was a screen that showed us the front. It was an excellent FREE Santana concert!!

Today is Monday, I got up and had a nice jog out to the golf course and then came back to get ready for surf lessons. Tiffany, John and I took a 2 hour lesson and for the most part it went pretty well. We certainly got our workout paddling back out to surf, all of us made it up (at least for a little while). Very fun stuff.

I think the rest of the days plans are to lay around the pool, have fish tacos (leftover fish) for dinner and hit a polynesian dance later tonight.

Well after 15 hours, and a roller coaster landing we made it to Maui. We arrived at dinner time (although it was 10pm New Mexico time) and so after checking into the resort we walked around and had dinner and then were off to bed. Today is Sunday, Tiff and I got up and went for a leisurely jog, met up with everyone for breakfast by the pool, played at the beach and then spent two awesome hours at the spa in the sauna, having a pedicure and laying about in the luxurious lanai.

Today is about getting acquainted and so we are headed to Lahaina to look about and get some groceries. It's sooo nice to just relax a bit. Tomorrow we have surfing lessons, which should be interesting to say the least. I hope everyone is enjoying their memorial day weekend.

Aloha!!

My family and I will be spending two weeks on the beautiful island of Maui, Hawaii. We have some planned fun, as well as time to relax and enjoy. We all hope to come home refreshed and rejuvenated from this well earned vacation.