HAWAII - Day 2
It was great to come in so early on Sunday, and then for our first time in a very long time we slept in past 7:30! Then we lazed around, ate tapioca pudding for breakfast since there was only free coffee downstairs. We had to be out by 11 so we took another dip in the ocean and pool and then laid out for a long time. It felt so nice and relaxing that we didn't feel like we were getting 
burnt...little did we realize how burnt we were! In retrospect we should have at least put some sunscreen on, but it felt too good. We found out later that night that Mike got burnt to a crisp! He basically had to wear a shirt most of the week because it was so bad. We should have listened to our moms. ;-)
After a relaxing morning we checked out and headed to a little mall we found yesterday to try some other Chinese. We tried one place last night for dinner, and it wasn't very good so we thought we'd try another hole in the wall place, but we struck out again. This time though we followed it up with ice cream so we ended on a delicious note.
Since Kelly & James weren't coming in until 9 o'clock that night we pretty much had a whole other day to ourselves again. With the mountains looked so amazing yesterday we decided to head out and figure out how to be in the Jurassic Park looking mountains. On the way we wandered through some neighborhoods that all had amazing plants and flowers surrounding the houses. The pine trees (left) were crazy cool because they are similar to the pines in Utah, but also really different as they are so spacious and open between the branches.
After lots of driving we finally figured out how to go to Iao State Park, which is basically as far up the mountains that you can drive. This area is famous for a battle that occurred in 1790 and changed Hawaiian history. King Kamehameha destroyed the Maui army in an effort to unite the Hawaiian Islands. They used the Iao Needle (left) to scout out and run the battle from. How they got up these narrow mountains is a mystery to us.
The actual trail area was not very long, but there was plenty of off beaten paths that took you through the jungle like trees and towards the water. We were only in flip flops, but it was a fun hike. We just loved all the unique vegetation, and the beauty at every place.
On our way back we stopped at our first fresh fruit stand and the guy was interesting, yet nice. He had actually lived in southern Utah for awhile. He cut up a fresh pineapple for us, and we got some papayas as well. Then as we were 
about to drive away he brought us some apple bananas to try and they were delicious! We got some at the stores here and they were definitely not as sweet, but they're still fun to eat. We snacked our fruit before we went to the Iron Man movie. There were only about 10 other people so we got great seats. We then went to a place called Ruby's Diner we saw on our drive down, and got the BEST food! Christina got an 
albacore tuna melt that was heavenly. She's been craving it ever since! After our first delicious meal on the island we headed back to the airport to pick up Kelly and James. It was so great to see them! Before we headed to the other side of the island where our condo was we stopped at Krispy Kreme. They had a special after 10pm that glazed donuts were half off, and we showed up like 6 minutes before 10 and the lady was really hesitant about giving us the deal, but she finally gave in. :) The condo was about 45 minutes from the airport. James' family knows the guy who owns the condo, so we are super grateful he let us come and stay. Below is what we saw from our balcony - no it's not a fake picture! The only hard thing was it didn't have great ac so the nights were pretty warm, but no complaints for practically free oceanside lodging in Maui!
It was great to come in so early on Sunday, and then for our first time in a very long time we slept in past 7:30! Then we lazed around, ate tapioca pudding for breakfast since there was only free coffee downstairs. We had to be out by 11 so we took another dip in the ocean and pool and then laid out for a long time. It felt so nice and relaxing that we didn't feel like we were getting 
burnt...little did we realize how burnt we were! In retrospect we should have at least put some sunscreen on, but it felt too good. We found out later that night that Mike got burnt to a crisp! He basically had to wear a shirt most of the week because it was so bad. We should have listened to our moms. ;-)
After a relaxing morning we checked out and headed to a little mall we found yesterday to try some other Chinese. We tried one place last night for dinner, and it wasn't very good so we thought we'd try another hole in the wall place, but we struck out again. This time though we followed it up with ice cream so we ended on a delicious note.
Since Kelly & James weren't coming in until 9 o'clock that night we pretty much had a whole other day to ourselves again. With the mountains looked so amazing yesterday we decided to head out and figure out how to be in the Jurassic Park looking mountains. On the way we wandered through some neighborhoods that all had amazing plants and flowers surrounding the houses. The pine trees (left) were crazy cool because they are similar to the pines in Utah, but also really different as they are so spacious and open between the branches.
After lots of driving we finally figured out how to go to Iao State Park, which is basically as far up the mountains that you can drive. This area is famous for a battle that occurred in 1790 and changed Hawaiian history. King Kamehameha destroyed the Maui army in an effort to unite the Hawaiian Islands. They used the Iao Needle (left) to scout out and run the battle from. How they got up these narrow mountains is a mystery to us.
The actual trail area was not very long, but there was plenty of off beaten paths that took you through the jungle like trees and towards the water. We were only in flip flops, but it was a fun hike. We just loved all the unique vegetation, and the beauty at every place.
On our way back we stopped at our first fresh fruit stand and the guy was interesting, yet nice. He had actually lived in southern Utah for awhile. He cut up a fresh pineapple for us, and we got some papayas as well. Then as we were 
about to drive away he brought us some apple bananas to try and they were delicious! We got some at the stores here and they were definitely not as sweet, but they're still fun to eat. We snacked our fruit before we went to the Iron Man movie. There were only about 10 other people so we got great seats. We then went to a place called Ruby's Diner we saw on our drive down, and got the BEST food! Christina got an 
albacore tuna melt that was heavenly. She's been craving it ever since! After our first delicious meal on the island we headed back to the airport to pick up Kelly and James. It was so great to see them! Before we headed to the other side of the island where our condo was we stopped at Krispy Kreme. They had a special after 10pm that glazed donuts were half off, and we showed up like 6 minutes before 10 and the lady was really hesitant about giving us the deal, but she finally gave in. :) The condo was about 45 minutes from the airport. James' family knows the guy who owns the condo, so we are super grateful he let us come and stay. Below is what we saw from our balcony - no it's not a fake picture! The only hard thing was it didn't have great ac so the nights were pretty warm, but no complaints for practically free oceanside lodging in Maui!
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