Day 1: Arrival in Maui!

Today we flew 6 hours from Seattle to Maui…uneventful flight and we landed to warm breezes at the airport. From there, we grabbed our rental car and immediately found a Natural Foods Grocery – mind you, everyone told us “go to Costco, it’s right by the airport! Or Wal-mart…” and we were so excited to see this option instead. In addition to grabbing groceries, we were lucky they also had a hot buffet, Whole Foods-like (though, no meat :( ), that we were able to get a simple, healthy lunch right away.

Our boutique hotel proved to be everything it said it was – it’s really lovely overall. Nice pool, we have a little Koi pond outside our door, two lanais and the ocean is just across the street. That we knew, but still, a small bummer not to stumble out the door onto the sand…but stunning views and a great location in Kihei.

We headed to 4 p.m. yoga for Day 29 of my 30-day challenge. The studio in Kahului is really nice.Good size practice room, small changing room but with two showers! A fella named Doc taught class and it was just fine....aside from the raging humidity, something neither of us are used to at all. By the end of the warm-up I was, as I would say, “training soaked” – still, made it through just fine. The locals are very kind and happy to see you, which is fun too. Always nice to chat and meet new people...

From there, we headed home and just made a simple dinner at home and hung out, planning a little bit of our week-and-a-half here, but without too much structure, of course…it is vacation!


Above and below: Us on the beach across the street from our hotel.