Sunday September 28, 2014 Lahaina, Maui, HI

A view and a cache, does it get better

It's dinner time

With the time difference we had to be up before 7 to tune into the worship service from the Oakey Blvd. Church of Christ.  We only missed the first few minutes.

We had our coffee and after the worship service we just vegged out.  Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest, so we tried to do less than usual.  Really hard to do more nothing.

Gerri had contacted Curtis in Texas and set up a time we could connect with him and the kids on Skype.  Dana was working today and the kids spent most of the time outside.  The time was set for 2 our time.  We had a good visit. After a short time Vanessa starts fidgeting, but she did tell us about selling lemonade in a stand on the street.  Brandon's eighth birthday is coming up on 10/4, he will be eight.  He carries on a good conversation but talks really fast.  It only seems like a few days ago that all he did was wave his arms and legs and smile.  I fondly remember the times we took walks and I taught him to throw rocks up and bat them with a stick.

Hula Grill, outside seating

Later in the afternoon I asked Gerri if she wanted to go caching with me.  Surprise, surprise, she said yes.  I think I may do better when she is along, even though she waited for me in the car as I walked to the cache locations.  I found two that I had unsuccessfully hunted before.  One of them had been found twice since I didn't find it and by reading past logs on the other, I had a better idea where to find it.  You would think that with billions of dollars in technology the coordinates would take you right to the cache.  You would be wrong.  I found one other cache and looked for a fourth with no luck. I will have to go back to that one when the tide is out.  I didn't want to wade in the surf to get to the bushes at the GZ.

Another sunset, this one from the Hula Grill

By now it was supper time.  We knew there were some restaurants by the sea in the Whaler's Village shopping center.  We chose the Hula Grill.  Really a neat place.  They have a dining room but more casual dining outside with bar and table seating.  We sat at a table with an ocean view but not right at the edge.  There was a trio playing Hawaiian music.  They were subdued and the music made a perfect level of background sound for the restaurant.  The restaurant was busy as was the shopping center and walkway along the ocean. http://www.hulagrillkaanapali.com/

I had fish and chips and Geri had fish tacos.  On our Alaska adventure we were used to Salmon or Halibut on these types of plates.  Here in Hawaii it is Mahi Mahi.  Like Halibut Mahi Mahi is a mild, firm white fish and well suited for these dishes. Mahi Mahi is also known as Dolphin Fish or Dorado, depending where you are in the world.

We lingered over our meal until after the sunset and then returned to the Papakea Resort.  After reading, TV and some computer time, we called it a night.  Another good day on Maui: "This is the day that the Lord has made;  We will rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24 NKJV.