Maui Day 4

Thursday was our first full day with nothing planned. It was wonderful to know we didn't have to be anywhere specific. We slept in longer and I spent my morning writing outside as usual, while Erin slept in a little longer. After breakfast we decided to go to the beach first. It had been hitting 90 degrees and was hot! So we thought we would beat the heat and the crowds and go in the morning. There were few people on the beach so we had no trouble finding a spot and putting down our towels. I spent the time swimming while Erin laid out, it was a relaxing couple of hours. After a shower and change we went back down to front street. We hadn't realized that the day before we were so close to two things we had wanted to do. The banyan tree, and Ululani's, a Hawaiian shaved ice place which is very popular among the locals. It was amazing, and I eat a lot of shaved ice. When he found out we had it in Iowa and that I went frequently he was very interested in what I thoguht about his product. Happy to tell him it was the best I'd ever had. The banyan tree was very neat, we took lots of pictures but I mostly took video so nothing to show here. There was a guy sitting there who told us and another couple a lot about the tree, it's history and about other trees. He then asked for a tip, first time we got hustled in Hawaii, but it was okay, we learned a lot about the tree. We went back to the hotel and decided it was time to do laundry in paradise. That took some time but it needed to be done. When we were finished it was a little after 5:00 and I had made reservations for the restaurant I had been looking forward to the most. Besides Ruth's Chris of course. The restaurant was 'The Plantation House'. It sits atop a golf course overlooking Kapalua, and is well known for it's fish and amazing views of the sunset. From all the research I had done I was told to make a reservation for 6:00 when they open, and be there early to get a table with the perfect view because there are only three of them. All the rest have to look out past the window seats. We got there 15 minutes early and were lucky to get the best seat in the entire restaurant. Our waiter informed us that we had one the most requested seats in Maui. It was beautiful. The first picture is a third of our view, it took three pictures to get it all in. Our waiter was the best we have ever had, he told us he would be taking pictures of us with the sunset behind a couple of times and that he would take his time coming around so our meal would revolve around the sunset. We ordered a crab cake appitizer, and they were amazing. For dinner Erin had Diana's pasta which is the favorite dish of chef Alex's wife, who is a vegitarian. I had the macadamia encrusted Oku, both were some of the best food we'd ever had. The sunset was beathtaking and as promised we had our picture taken a couple of times. For dessert Erin had a thick choclate dish that our waiter James called, fudge on a spoon, which it pretty much was. I had the key lime pie, a pie made by one of the staff that is so good, he won't even let the chef make it. There are some great pictures of The Plantation house online if you would like to check out their web site. While our upcoming Saturday at Ruth's Chris might have better food, it will not be possible to top the experiance at The Plantation House.

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