Saturday, August 26
Moving Day
Today, it was time to move from the B&B in Kula, down to one by the beach in Kihei. We had a nice slow, relaxing start this morning. Breakfast at 8 (again, delicious pastries and fruit). Then, we both did some packing. Kirk had just taken his vicodin and was feeling dizzy again, so we took a break. He played WoW - I tried bz for a bit, but was too laggy. So I watched another movie (last night, we watched Capote - very good), Walk the Line, about Johnny Cash. It was pretty good, albeit longer than I anticipated. As a result, we didn't make the noon check out, but Michael was fine with it.
Eventually, we loaded our car - we had to put the top down to fit everything in it, said good bye to Michael and Gabby (Gabby is Michael's adorable, hyper yellow lab) and then headed down the hill towards Kihei. Technically, we weren't supposed to check into our new B&B until 4, but we were hoping that at the least, we'd be able to drop off some luggage and go have lunch.
When I made reservations for our upcoming accomodation, I spent a lot of time trying to find someplace that was both affordable, near the beach AND available. With it being the weekend before Labor Day, many places seemed to be booked up. We narrowed it down to two places, and settled on (don't laugh at the name - I certainly didn't choose it) "Maui What A Wonderful World B&B". I had booked their cheapest room, the Master Suite. We found the place using the map from the website (it was easy to find, actually), and then were able to check in 2 hours earlier than we were expected. To our surprise, she upgraded us to the Garden Suite, because it was available. It's much bigger than we expected (but doesn't have the double shower heads that I was expecting - oh well).
Once we had unloaded our poor car, we headed off to find some lunch. Both Michael and Eva (who owns the current B&B) recommended the same place - Cafe O'Lei. We figured we'd try it out. The atmosphere was nice. We sat at a table by the window that had sheer curtains hanging between it and the tables on either side of it - providing a semblance of privacy that would otherwise not be there. The menu was varied, and very reasonably priced, to our surprise. We each had lunch for under $10 - including entree, rice and salad. For Maui - that is a VERY good price!
Afterwards, we dropped in to the local general store and poked around a bit, then back to the B&B where Kirk resumed his WoW game. Tomorrow, we are thinking about a trip to Hana, depending on how his back feels.
Eventually, we loaded our car - we had to put the top down to fit everything in it, said good bye to Michael and Gabby (Gabby is Michael's adorable, hyper yellow lab) and then headed down the hill towards Kihei. Technically, we weren't supposed to check into our new B&B until 4, but we were hoping that at the least, we'd be able to drop off some luggage and go have lunch.
When I made reservations for our upcoming accomodation, I spent a lot of time trying to find someplace that was both affordable, near the beach AND available. With it being the weekend before Labor Day, many places seemed to be booked up. We narrowed it down to two places, and settled on (don't laugh at the name - I certainly didn't choose it) "Maui What A Wonderful World B&B". I had booked their cheapest room, the Master Suite. We found the place using the map from the website (it was easy to find, actually), and then were able to check in 2 hours earlier than we were expected. To our surprise, she upgraded us to the Garden Suite, because it was available. It's much bigger than we expected (but doesn't have the double shower heads that I was expecting - oh well).
Once we had unloaded our poor car, we headed off to find some lunch. Both Michael and Eva (who owns the current B&B) recommended the same place - Cafe O'Lei. We figured we'd try it out. The atmosphere was nice. We sat at a table by the window that had sheer curtains hanging between it and the tables on either side of it - providing a semblance of privacy that would otherwise not be there. The menu was varied, and very reasonably priced, to our surprise. We each had lunch for under $10 - including entree, rice and salad. For Maui - that is a VERY good price!
Afterwards, we dropped in to the local general store and poked around a bit, then back to the B&B where Kirk resumed his WoW game. Tomorrow, we are thinking about a trip to Hana, depending on how his back feels.
