Aloha from Maui!!!

Aloha from Maui! We've decided to try and do an update of our trip every couple days while we're here. It'll be an electronic journal for us!

We arrived after a 6.5 hour flight from SLC and immediately started the acclimation process to "Hawaii time!" We waited about 45 minutes to get our luggage! Seems things move on a much slower pace here!

After leaving the airport, we headed to Costco and the local grocery store to stock our kitchen at the condo we're staying at. I had to send Jordan out to the car while I paid for the groceries so he wouldn't freak out (paying $6 for a gallon of milk might've sent him over the edge)!

We finally made it to the condo (which is right on the beach) and decided to go test the waters! The sound of waves crashing on the shore is so soothing to me! We made dinner and ate at about midnight our time. We were so EXHAUSTED but couldn't force ourselves to go to sleep at 8:00 PM our first night in Maui, so we went down to the condo pool and played for a bit. We finally went to bed at about 2:00 AM Utah time, and both woke-up at 6:00 AM Maui time! Of course we had no problem falling back asleep and stying asleep 'til about 10:00 AM Maui time! This is part of the reason I LOVE VACATIONS SO MUCH!!

After milling around the condo for a bit, we got our suites on and decided to head to the Swap Meet in Kahului. We found some great deals, and laughed about the miniature banannas and giant avocados we found!

After getting all sweaty at the Swap Meet, we headed to Big Beach in Makena where the wind was blowing something fierce! The waves were HUGE and breaking right on the shore! It was fun to play in the waves for a while, but when we realized we had left the food in the car, we decided to pack everything up and go try another beach. So, we headed back up the road to Makena Beach. Both beaches were GORGEOUS, and both had CRAZY WAVES! We spent our time at Makena lounging and playing in the waves.

After a couple hours we decided to head out and go take a walk down the Wailea Beachside Path (a path that runs several miles down the coast in front of several very nice resorts and very nice beaches). It was at this time that I started to notice that Jordan's entire front half of his body was turning a BRIGHT shade of RED! Poor Jordan is burned from head to toe, and we've only been here one full day!

After our stroll, we headed back to the condo, made dinner, and took in the sunset from our lawn. Watching the sunset over the ocean never fails to impress! Well, I think that's all for now. Aloha from Maui!