Good Times & Green Turtles

We had a wonderful sleep in on Saturday & enjoyed a wonderful greasy breakfast at the "Philly Diner" in Kihei. The irony was not lost on either Jonathan or I, but it was wonderful to have the closest thing to a greasy spoon we could find on the island. We had what the Aussie's call an "American Breakfast" of scrambled eggs, white toast, hash browns & bacon while very aggressive little sparrows flew around the inside of the diner and seems to swarm for scraps!



Mike phoned and said everyone was meeting down on the beach in Wailea just to relax, swim & snorkel. So, we drove down taking an accidental detour that ended up in a stunning drive along the coast of Maui. The sights were absolutely breathtaking! As we were driving, the directions Jon took down over the phone accidentally flew out the window, so we spent quite a bit of time backtracking down the road looking for a scrap of paper on the road. These sort of ridiculous things only happen to us!

When we finally met up with everyone else, Mike suggested that we take our snorkeling gear and go explore a little point about a half mile down the beach. Other people had told us the coral was a bit pretty, but we never expected what we actually found! The reef itself was impressive, but not by Australia standards. We were lucky enough to come across a group of green sea turtles gnoshing on the kelp that was floating around. I even took a bit of kelp in my hand and had one of the smaller turtles take a nip from it! There had to be at least 15 turtles; they were everywhere you turned! It was truly a "Finding Nemo" moment!



The bride & groom to be were having dinner at Spago's, Wolfgang Puck's restaurant at the Four Seasons Maui, so we were invited to dinner with the bride's Mom and assorted friends at Stella Blue's, a great local restaurant with a bit of a Grateful Dead undertone. Our Deadhead friends would love it! There is even a drink on the menu called "Friend of the Devil." Check out the website at http://www.stellablues.com./

The best man was one of the managers there, so we had top notch treatment & had an amazing dinner while sipping Lilikoitinis (the most amazing concoction ever! Problem being, you can't taste the vodka!) Our server Chris was a legend! Talk about service with a smile!



We tried to rally to do a "late night," but the night's fate was sealed when Brett took my sunglasses and fell asleep in the bar. This became a recurring image on the trip and the scariest part was he looked better in my sunglasses than I did! Tip-Ups was a great bar, but we were all just so incredibly shot out that all anyone wanted to do was go to bed. We are so not 21 anymore!
The boys had an early tee off time at a golf course in Wailea & Jon was loving be able to watch ESPN Sports Center, so going home early was actually a nice treat!