So March was our 38th anniversary. Wow, that looks really impressive in print! We celebrated by taking the ferry to the island of Lanai, aka, Larry Ellison's island. A 45 min. trip with lots of whale viewings and we arrived in beautiful Manele Bay. Took the shuttle to the Four Seasons at Manele (owned by Larry) and had a delicious lunch at the clubhouse at The Challenge at Manele Bay. Incredible golf course! Word has it it's only rivaled by Pebble Beach. Robert and John played it in January and absolutely loved it.
After lunch, we shuttled back down to the beach - I should note here that we brought beach chairs with us - the ones you buy at Costco that make into a backpack- and everywhere we went, the beach chairs went. On and off the shuttle, at the restaurant, back down at the beach which was the first time we didn't look awkward with them. It was a lovely, breezy day but the bay was calm. And then the show began! About 50 spinner dolphins came into the bay and stayed all afternoon swimming back and forth with the occasional spinning jump to entertain us. We swam out into the bay and they swam all around us, under us. Big dolphins, baby dolphins, groups, singles - it was absolutely magical!
Afterward, took the shuttle up to Lanai City (not owned by Larry) and discovered other than houses and a small store, there's nothing in Lanai City which is probably why Larry didn't buy that too. Caught the 6:45 ferry back to Lahaina which could have been dubbed the Vomit Comet as nearly everyone was puking, fortunately, not Robert and me. We slept all the way back.
We've had several visitors from Cali: the Ross Hardester family came to stay up in Kaanapali so we got some time to hang out with them. My friend and fellow librarian Teresa came with her husband for a seminar in Wailea and we got a day together which was super fun. Our last guests were Brian and Marsha Taylor who stayed with us for a few days exploring the North Shore and then went to dry out and sunbath down in Wailea. It was their first trip to Hawaii and we had so much fun playing tour guides.
We've got a buy week this week, but next week Amber Munck and her kids are coming for a few days. We love guests!
In just a couple of weeks we head home to Santa Rosa to watch our baby boy John graduate from the Fire Academy. So proud of him - but then, I'm pretty prideful when it comes to my kids. It'll be fun to see Kaylen and friends back on the Mainland. It's a short trip but I'm sure we'll pack a lot in.
Not a lot of new developments on Apala Farm...planted 5 cacao trees and the 15 acai palms are next. Puakenikeni are starting to blossom on the heels of a mega gardenia bloom! I've acquired a taste, no, an OBSESSION for mochi. Can't get enough!
Well, there you have it. If you've dozed off, I completely understand. Just trying to keep it honest with the blogging even when there's not much to write. I know I've said it before but
LIVING ON MAUI IS DA BEST!
Aloha!
Hi Kath!
ReplyDeleteJudy here, miss you. It's fun to read about your travels, it brings back memories. Does Marsh Taylor still live in S.R.? We used to do traveling soccer together, well our boys did Keith and Nick. They're a great family, but I haven't seen hide nor hair of any of them for a long time.
On another note... When I was about 12 (1975), I was on Lanai. At that time the public wasn't allowed there because if I recall correctly the Mormon Church had boys stay there each summer to do pineapple picking. We had special permission to camp because we were on a trip with Sierra Club. What a treat! Except for the 3 layers of skin that I fried by swimming all day with NO sunscreen on. Then sleeping in our tents, in sleeping bags, on the sand. Ewww, painful. The only store at that time was a small little "Emporium" and my sister was into buying charms everywhere we went, she found one that was covered in dust in a glass cabinet in that little place. On our return trip to Maui on a small boat everyone got seasick, except for another little girl that read a book all the way back. I remember actually looking in the mirror and my skin was literally "green". That was awful. I wish I remembered what the name of the bay was that we camped on. During our 4 or 5 days on Lanai in the bay Peter Fonda's beautiful boat came and docked in the bay. At that time the bay was often visited by the elite, but they didn't have permission to go ashore. We stayed at the Pioneer Inn, in Lahaina too although I thought it was called something else at that time. I believe we were there for the 4th of July. I could go on, but I'll stop there. I thought the hotel was called something like Whaler's Inn...? but I looked it up on the internet and saw Pioneer Inn?
Take care and you guys look so happy and splendid! Hope to see you when you're in S.R.! Congrats to John!
J :)