Our lives on Holiday...

[revid]

Back from 5 sweet days in Maui, Hawaii.



We had two lovely studio condos for seven of us, and had plenty of space. The resort was called ResortQuest Maui Kaanapali Villias, and I would stay there again in a heartbeat. Very comfortable and low key.

The condo:



The view from the balcony:



The schedule was also low key...get up, get something to eat, go for a walk or a run, go snorkle, go to Lahina and shop and/or eat, hang around the condo and drink, read, whatever. My kind of vacation.

The view from the beach directly in front of the condo:



The large rock to the south is Black Rock, the most famous snorkle spot on Kaanapali Beach. However, right near our condo was a little reef called Airport Reef, which I thought was even better ( and far less crowded.) At Airport Reef I saw an octopus, a spotted morey swimming out in the open (uncommon), a HUGE spotted puffer fish, and at least 20 different species of tropical fish, including the humuhumunukunukuapua'a. Sadly...I left my underwater camera at home! :-(

Snokeling Black Rock was amazing for one reason though: TURTLES! There were 5 or 6 Green Sea turtles just hanging out in 2-6 ft of water, completely unperturbed by all the yahoos splashing around them. One big boy was at least 3-4 feet long. I just floated there on the surface and watched them swim under and around me. So fun.

South side of Black Rock:



We took a drive a little farther north one morning and stopped at this pretty black sand beach:



Sunset from a restaurant in Lahina looking out toward Lanai (and a cruise ship. :-/):



Another sunset shot:



Flying is such a drag these days, but our flights on ATA airlines out of LAX (non-stop to Maui) were on time and relatively painless.



Now I get to be all excited again because feels_like_fire and sick_of_me03 are coming to visit me this week! YAY!!

Comments

[tasyfa.livejournal.com]

Beautiful, Mary. It sounds like an utterly lovely vacation. Enjoy the impending visit! :D

[revid.livejournal.com]

We will! Too bad you can't join us at the EEB this year. We'll take pictures. ;-)

[tasyfa.livejournal.com]

Haha! I wish I *could*!

[leighrowena.livejournal.com]

It's really bad that I know the name of that crazy fish not just because you once thought it was my sister's LJ name, but also from a bonus track on the High School Musical 2 soundtrack. Really, really bad. I know this.

But other than that, your vacation has made me 100 percent jealous. Absolutely gorgeous. Nice to have you back!

[revid.livejournal.com]

I thought of you one afternoon sitting at the condo bar drinking MaiTais. The TV was on the game where someone got a grand slam in the first inning. I'm pretty sure i heard the shouting across 6 time zones.

I was living in Colorado when the Rockies came to town, so I'm gonna have to stay neutral in the Series I think. :-)

[mikeyface.livejournal.com]

HA. That resort is totally one of ours!! :p

Glad you had a good time though! And even more good times to come. TAKE PICS. :D

Miss you!!

~Ang *HUGS*

[revid.livejournal.com]

Heehee. It was great. You need to get us a comp there, K? I'll buy the MaiTais.

(There WILL be pix!)

[mikeyface.livejournal.com]

I'M ON IT! I've never been to Hawaii, but you'd be the first person I go with! :p

[revid.livejournal.com]

OK, this is weird. For a second I couldn't tell if your icon was Brendon Urie or Pete Wentz. It's bad enough that Travis and Gabe want to be Pete, but now Brendon?!?

I'll talk to the girls about Sunday fer sure.

[looking-spiffy.livejournal.com]

TURTLES! There were 5 or 6 Green Sea turtles just hanging out in 2-6 ft of water, completely unperturbed by all the yahoos splashing around them.

EEEE! :D So cute!

[revid.livejournal.com]

With all the diving I've done, I've never been so close to turtles. They were totally used to people. I wish I'd had my camera. :-(

[my-own-beat-now.livejournal.com]

Nice to see you back - and also good to know that you are nowhere near fire!!

Beautiful pictures - how I would love one day to go to Hawaii. Glad you had a great time, and got in a little snorkling too.

Have fun with the upcoming flist visit - I betcha there'll be some pretty good stories and pics coming from that one! *has west coast envy :)*

[revid.livejournal.com]

Hawaii is wonderful...everyone should visit there sometime.

Expect an flocked post about the visit. ;-)

[and-ed.livejournal.com]

Lovely pics, though I wish you'd brought the underewater camera, man. Glad you had a good time. =)

And now you get Ashton and Kat! Lucky! I KNOW you'll all have a great time. Take lots of pics!

[revid.livejournal.com]

I wish I had brought the camera for the turtles. :-(

Me, Kat, and Ash. Stop the presses!