Maui Magic

Ah Maui, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love, love, love Ka'anapali Beach. I love walking it in the morning on the boardwalk, and in the evening in the waves. I love feeling the sand in my toes. I love seeing the expanse of sand, sculpted differently each day by the changing wave action. I love seeing the whales frolic, and watching our stately resident turtle meander back and forth in front of Maui Kai.  I love seeing the sun set over Lanai, sometimes brilliant, sometimes subdued by clouds, but always glorious.  I love seeing the boats rock gently in the glow of the sunset. I love feeling the pull of the waves, and feeling surprised every time an errant wave soaks me. I love our nightly stroll right to Black Rock, the ritual touching of the lava rock, and the return with the setting sun at our back.

I love Lahaina, that whaling turned tourist town, with its kitschy shops and standard tshirts, its great restaurants, its sun, heat, tourists and spreading banyan tree, and its history ( and yes, I have read Mitchener's Hawaii many times).  I love shopping for goofy things for the kiddies.  I love having Safeway on one corner and the local fish market on the other. I love being able to pay a great deal for a dinner or being able to buy a five dollar bottle of wine and a couple of chicken breasts and some shrimp and cooking at the condo.

I LOVE Maui Kai condo, with ocean steps from the door, the sound of the waves crashing as a constant background, seeing the stars every night, watching the whales from our lanai, having the choice of the beach or the pool, being not in a high end resort but in a place where the same people have come for years, chatting in the hot tub, free coffee in the morning, lovely staff, everything we need in a studio condo, a terrific library and cable tv, all we could possibly need within easy reach.  We are so fortunate to be here. Thank you Tatiana and Mark, for letting us in on this secret spot!

I love being healthy enough to walk every day, to enjoy every moment, and to create memories that will stay with me forever. I love being here with my best friend and life partner, who never says no when I suggest another trip here. I hope we have many more trips here, but if we don't I will be satisfied by what we have had.  We are more fortunate than most. Mahalo Maui.