Old Lahaina Luau

Here we are at the Old Lahaina Luau in Lahaina across from the Cannery Mall. Got our first leis and they are gorgeous. Probably about 200+ people in attendance. All the drinks you want from the listed menu and lots of luau food that included Kalua Pua'a (roasted pork), poi (starch with no taste), Ahi Poke (raw yellow fin tuna), Sweet Potato (purple in color, tasted great), Pulehu Steak, Chicken Long Rice, Island Style Chicken (too greasy & cold), Mahi Mahi, Stir Fry Vegetables, Maui style Fried Rice (very good), Island Crab Salad (quite good), Taro Salad (taro & spinach in coconut sauce), Phole Salad, Lomi Lomi Salmon (okay, but not something we would care to have again), and for dessert: coconut pudding squares, macadamia nut tarts (yummy), macadamia nuts shredded atop chocolate brownies, dark chocolate micro-tart filled with passion fruit creme (quite yummy).

The island hula performance was about 1.5 hours long & WOW could they dance & tell the story of the Hula and the island. It was very entertaining and thoroughly enjoyable (even though the wooden chairs did get just a little old!).

Maui - Sunday Jan 25, 2009

The sun was bright when we finally got up... temp was about 75 degrees.. spent the day trying to layout our program for the week. Set up tours for Blue Hawaiian Helicopters for this afternoon.

This was a great trip. Our pilot "Joe" was great and knew all about the island and where the celebraties live including Opra. We flew over her Maui property. Joe set the helecopter down on a cattle ranch on the island where we spent about 20 minutes looking at the area. We shared a bottle of champaign and toasted our anniversary, plus another couple with us was getting married in two days on the island we also toasted their upcoming wedding. We saw the cinder cone craters from about 10 thousand feet and flew all around the island. What a great ride. Shirley really enjoyed the flight especially getting to see the whales, waterfalls & Kona, pineapple & sugar cane plantations. Got a DVD of the ride for "FREE" because the camera in the cockpit wasn't working properly & the 6 of us were all washed out!

When we got back to our condo, Shirley fixed some guacamole & chips and we shared our favorite sherry (Harvey's Bristol Creme) then I had a margarita as well. Watched a couple of TV programs that included the "Bob Hope Classic".

We are off to Maui

It's 8:15am in the morning at Dayton, OH airport waiting to board our flight to Charlotte,NC the first leg of our trip to Maui, HI

We are really looking forward to this trip and celebrating our 45th Wedding anniversary in Hawaii.