Maui 2014 - Zacky

Despite the long day yesterday, Kerry and the kids still managed to get up before sunrise. (I on the other hand had been up until 11:30 to finish off some work and was dead to the world.) Kerry likes to walk the beach in the morning and with the kids already up everyone went down. Callie was thrilled to find Zacky, a bichon that was on the beach every morning last year. He was there again this year and was a good substitution for Wilson who's still back home. I'm not sure I would want to take a bichon on the sandy beach every day.

After their morning walk, everyone headed back down to the beach outside our hotel. It was incredibly windy so we figured it was best to stay close to home. No sense driving too far only to come back early. The wind made for some great waves for the kids. The only problem was that it was so churned up that sand was getting in their bathing suits. I think it took three or four showers to get everything clean. The adults toughed it out on the beach spending much of the time chasing after toys and chairs as they tried to blow down the beach.

Once we got clean we went down the street for shaved ice. Our condo is much closer this time so it is only a couple minutes walk. Shaved ice is effectively a snow cone with coloured and flavoured syrup on it. I had root bear and vanilla while both Callie and Kennedy had something with a green tinge. This was very fitting since it was St.Patrick's day.

The last time we came to Maui we tried every evening to catch a Maui sunset. Most of the resorts in Maui are located on the western side of the island meaning you get to watch the sun set over the ocean. As it gets closer and closer to the horizon it looks bigger and bigger and easier to look at directly. I think I took about 100 pictures since I didn't know which ones were going to turn out and I didn't know if we'd get to see another one. It's a good thing I have a digital camera.

The kids spent the time attempting hand stands in the sand. Carter got a few good ones in but the master was definitely Kennedy with her gymnastics background.

After sunset we went back to the Dukes to BBQ dinner. Tonight was a chicken night for us. We bought chicken breast from Costco and even though we're here for 10 days I have a feeling I'm going to be sick of chicken by the time we leave.