Day 11 Aloha Maui! A hui hou!

Good Morning Maui! I wish I could wake up here everyday!
First order of business today was to search once more for B.'s wallet; my brother pulled the car out after sun-up and B. met him downstairs to look.
Well, there it was, tucked in the back of some counsel and just was not meant to be found the night before. RELIEF!
He called The MPD to let them know and they said they would send an officer over again... we are now getting a reputation at the resort. :)
The officer that came was so wonderful, one of our favorite people we have met on Maui, he made us feel so welcome on the island and was full of great information for future trips!
He was excited I had tried the loco moco at Grandma's Coffee as that is his families favorite restaurant, he suggested if I liked it to try L&L BBQ for lunch today, he said he really likes it there as well. We had not eaten there yet and added it to our plans for today. We were thrilled our plans no longer included going to pick up a police report! 

These are all pictures at Kaanapali Beach Club, I was in a last minute panic to take pictures today.

After we were done talking with the officer we headed upstairs to pack, we were going to move everything to my Brother's room until we were done playing for the day so we could change one last time.

After packing up and moving we headed to The Farmer's Market to stock  up on Maui Macadamia Blossom Honey, I brought 6 bottles home so I can make it last until I go back.
I also bought about 7 different little jars of jellies and jams to share with the Grandgirls when they visit. (we had the mango this last weekend)

Next stop was the ABC Store, we had some gifts to buy and I had to cash in my receipts for free gifts. I earned 3 new coffee mugs, the little things that will remind us of Maui at home...

This is really a lovely place and it never occurred to me to photograph it until we were heading home.

Per the recommendation earlier we headed to L&L for lunch.
Here it is right in the lot across from us by Times Market and Snorkel Bob's and we had never noticed it or heard of it.

Here we are waiting for our food, you can already see how hard it is to smile and we were trying our best.

 
B. had the Chicken Katsu, it was good but we both agreed my Loco Moco was better.

...and while my Loco Moco was good it did not touch Grandmas Loco Moco, but I would still recommend it if you go to L&L's.

After lunch we headed to the beach at "home" and planned to stay there until we thought we absolutely had to head back to the room. I found myself trying to soak in every glimpse and sound I could, the water was lovely, the sky was lovely, the air was lovely... why were we leaving? :(

We watched this great little dog for quite a while, running and chasing sticks or whatever his person could find to throw, and he only had 3 legs, he could have cared less, I love how the animal kingdom is so resilient,  they overcome so much easier than we can.

 

Our next attempt at smiling did not go well, so we tried again, it's better but still...

 ...how do you smile when you know you have to leave this place?

What a beautiful sky... and I sure love Maui B. too! I look forward to squinting to see him in the Maui sun in 9 months when we go back, I still can not believe we are booked before I could finish this report.

 ...so cozy, don't ever want to move.

 Dang, this one just made me cry, he waited a lifetime to find what Maui had to offer and he now wears it on his sleeve, he is a changed person and we are a changed "us".

 If I close my eyes I can still see this view...

Alas, we had to pack up and leave and below you can see how we were feeling about that.

B. was getting the car and I looked up to my Brother's room and there was Lisa! She was watching us go and it broke my heart, we wanted to stay so bad and seeing them there was hard but we were so happy they had another week to enjoy it!

Aloha Bob & Lisa!

This was in Lahaina, B. brought me for one last Shave Ice at Ululani's. He is so good to me. :)

It is taking a lot of effort to smile now... harder by the minute and hard to talk to each other now, we were both so emotional heading to the airport, I think we were so emerged in the whole trip that we had no way of dealing with this last day when it crashed in upon us.

The Shave Ice was marvelous! Mango and Pineapple with toasted coconut on top!

The views on the final drive were stunning as the sun was starting to set.

I think the Island was saying goodbye to us... what a lovely sunset even as we were driving out of sight.

 On the plane, ...it is hard for me to see this picture, it is exactly how we were feeling.

I don't really know how to end this, we were of course glad to see our puppies when we got home but our emotions were very mixed and it took us quite some time to settle in.

The silver lining on the cloud is that we are on our way back soon for 17 glorious days and we have a better idea now how we will spend that time.

We talk so much more now that we got home, we have this common love of Maui and we always will. No matter how many more trips there are in the future, this trip, the first trip, where we met Maui B. & Maui T. and fell in love in a new and wonderful way, this will always be Our Trip and we will never be the same. ...and that is a good thing.
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....thank you all for joining us, a fond farewell from Maui B & Maui T..
A hui hou!