"Maui....Sept. 16, 2011"

We celebrated our 20th Wedding anniversary in Maui Hawaii. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Mary

Travel day!!!! We finally arrived. Flight and airport was great and easy-peasey but long. Got our rental car. Went to Costco and got food and headed to our resort on Kaanapali Beach.

Was 95 degrees when we arrived and humid. Our resort was awesome and we got a room with an ocean view. Spacious and so nice. Had a sliding glass doors in the bedroom so we could lay in bed and see and listen to the ocean.

View from our balcony.

We checked everything out and walked the grounds......this is a good sign it's going to be a good week.

Rainbows make me smile...............

Can't wait to unwind and relax and watch the sun set. Our vacation begins!

"Maui.....Sept. 17, 2011"

My plan was..................sleep in every day..........lay around...............relax.................(ahahahaahaaa)
Our first morning (this is the view off our balcony...........when the sun is coming up!) we were both awake at 4:30 am (7:30 am our time at home). The 3 hour time difference really did throw us for a loop the entire week. We laid in bed and planned our day. Mapped out places we wanted to go on the island. Wait for the sun to come up. Walk on the beach. Lay by the pool and not leave the property for the entire day. That was the plan. I had some chocolate in my travel bag.............so we laid in bed at 4:30 a.m. and ate chocolate.....and planned our day of relaxation! Finally at 6:30 am we decided to go walk on the beach and come back and have coffee. Lay by the pool. Read

Perfect place for two.

We found this awesome park along the way. Such gorgeous colors and beautiful view.

Layed by the pool until 4:00. Went down the water slide, swam and watched people.

(must be Happy Hour)

Sunset off our balcony. (and my morning coffee place every single morning.)

"Maui.....Sept 18, 2011"

When you get up before the sun comes up.................time kind of stands still!!!!! So nice to have such full, long days! We walked on the beach almost every morning (once the silly sun came up!) It was about a 2 mile stretch and so peaceful. Coffee on the balcony. Layed by the pool and swam. Maui Marathon was today! Wish I would have known sooner and signed up for the 5k! Went into Lahaina to Hula Grill for lunch. Beautiful view right on the ocean. Shopped a little. Yummy coconut frozen yogurt!

I saw lots of rainbows. Makes me happy. I want to live in the land of lollipops and rainbows....

Another beautiful Maui sunset.

"Maui.....Sept. 19, 2011"

Rise and Shine (early!!) Coffee and breakfast in bed. Lots of exporing today!
We went south and inland to central Maui.
Way inland. Thru Lahina to Paia. Heard we needed to eat at Mama's Fish House along the way.

Great view.

Great food! We were warned it's expensive. But worth it. Everything was so fresh. Had crab cakes with caviar. Goat cheese. Homemade white chocolate-raspberry ice cream. Yummy!

We found this little ecclectic natural food store. I love places like this! Quirky little hole in the wall. We tried dragon fruit (was similar to kiwi) and everything here was local.

Traveled up to Makawoa. Back down to Kihei and back up to Ioa Valley.

These surf boards are someones fence. Out in the middle of nowhere. We drove by and I made LeRoy turn around so I could get a pic. So cool......

Ioa Valley was so lush and green and up in the mountains.

We were going to hike in, but it was getting late and probably dark soon. And was reminding me a little too much like the show "Lost"..............we were outta there!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Getting dark...........lets go...........

Traveled back up the coastline to Kaanapali (where we were staying) with lots of stops, shopping and shinnanaghans along the way. We put 350 miles on our car in a week exploring the island. Today was a long 8 hour adventure!Almost every night at sunset newly married couples were on the beach taking sunset wedding photos. So sweet.........

Made it back for sunset..........

Maybe snorkel tomorrow???????

"Maui.....Sept. 20, 2011"

Up early! We decided today we wanted a beach day. And snorkel.

Found our spot and rented our gear. (oh, and snacks and a book for later)

We were out snorkeling in the Pacific Ocean by 9:00 am.

I was a little nervous at first. I don't like my nose being sucked to my face and thinking I can breathe! It took a little getting used to. And the water wasn't quite bath-water warm at 9:00 am. So I eased my way in. And once I got it...........it was amazing............peaceful......

Swimming in the ocean with my husband. It was so quiet and (semi) calm (kinda windy). We looked at fish and held hands.........I felt very safe and at ease by that point. Very good bonding moment with my husband.........

We survived and were starving so we layed around for awhile and then went to lunch.

We went into Lahaina and checked out Banyan Tree Park.

Walked down on the waterfront.

Neat open air bars.

Shinannaghans.......

And found our favorite place to eat! Aloha Mixed Plate. Great food. Great view. The locals go there and it's inexpensive. We went back more than once. Chow funn noodles were amazing. Deep fried carmel banana cheesecake was amazing. Local food was amazing.

Wish we would have found it earlier in the week.

Made it back to our place for sunset. And a movie by the pool.

A glass of wine...........and night, night.