Maui Day 1

We had to get up early to get ready and to make sure we had everything from the hotel. The 'Reliable' shuttle picked us up at 8:45 and off we went to the Hawaiian airlines section of the Honolulu airport. Check in was a breeze and we were in the terminal in no time, leaving us with more sitting around time than we had planned. But that's okay, they had a Starbucks! We got a little to eat and headed to the gate to await our flight. The flight was short and sweet and we where in Maui by 11:50. After departing the plane we headed to the Hertz rental area where we ran into the new Mr. and Mrs. Tully! They were waiting for a car to come pick them up as neither of them are 25 and had to rent a special car. We got our car, a red 2010 Mustang convertable, and headed off for the 30 minute drive to Lahaina. We arrived with no problems and tried to check into our hotel. It is beautiful, we will have to show pictures when we get home. The room was not ready yet, which was okay because we were early. For our 'inconvieniance' they gave us a higher room, which we were not about to complain about. While we waited we headed down to the local Safeway to buy groceries. After spending $100 we went back to the hotel and our room was ready. The picture is the view from our balcony just sitting in the chair, it's amazing. We stashed our overpriced groceries and headed down to the beach. Erin was excited as it was the first time she got to be in the ocean, since the Gulf of Mexico doesn't count. We swam and laid out for three hours or so then went back to the hotel. It was then we discovered that our fridge is a mini bar not a fridge it keeps things cool, not cold. The manager got us a cooler but the milk, OJ, cottage cheese, meat, coles slaw, and potato sald were spoiled. That was the first big disapointment. We decided to eat at a restaurant called the Hula Grill. We got seated outside which is practicly on the beach. You kick off your sandals and push your toes into the sand while you eat, plus they had live Hawaiian music. I had a burger and Erin had pulled pork. The restaurant is in a place called 'Whaler's Village'. It was a little shopping center all outdooors with the restaurants in the back. I'm sure if you Googled it you could see lots of pictures. It's a really neat place. It was very late and we had to get up early for the boat the next day so we headed back to the hotel! The hotel does not have free Internet. It is $10 a day. I was prepared to do it every other day but I found this iPhone App the let's me post blog entries from my phone! The only downside is it only let's you set one picture per entry. Sorry!

- Post From My iPhone