Maui with Jenny

Jenny arrived about 2 hours after Jackson departed. I set up a mobile office at the Starbucks in the airport and got to work on cleaning out my inbox after being out for a little over a week. That is always a chore! 

Jenny with her lei and chocolates, a traditional
Maui greeting

We grabbed Jenny's luggage and headed back the hour or so it took to get to our side of the island from the airport. We stopped in for a quick dinner at Maui Brewing Company on our way home.

Their flatbread was quite good!

The sun had already gone down so we just headed to the condo and got Jenny to bed. It is sure a long day of travel to get over here. I actually had to work during the week so I slipped out of the condo each morning and went to a beachfront Starbucks about 20 minutes away. 

My "office" view for the week

I had to be up and logged in at about 5 a.m. local time so that I could actually be signed on when my Eastern time co-workers were. It made for early mornings, but once I was done I still had the whole day to do whatever I pleased.

Not a bad place to set up shop

One morning Jenny and I went to the Gazebo for breakfast so she could experience the wonderful food, too. By then I had been a few times and it was not quite as novel- ha!

The view from our table at Gazebo

Jenny was also passionate about fish tacos and found an awesome place in Lahaina for us to eat!

Another round of amazing tacos!

We found a dole whip!

We also hiked the Kapalua trail. We went in the afternoon so the waves were much more intense than when Jackson and I went first thing in the morning.

Turtle cove awash with waves

Views from the trail

We also drove up to the Blow Hole so Jenny could see this part of the island.

The Blow Hole again

We were amazed at the huge waves rolling in at the beaches near the condo.

MASSIVE waves

One day I got some kind of food poisoning so I stayed close to the condo after my morning work session and Jenny went into town to get a massage and do some shopping. 

Reading by the pool, a personal favorite!

The view from the condo!

We did get to catch a few sunsets!

Jenny is not a swimmer so we went to a locals beach called "Baby Beach" where they teach their kiddos to swim. It turned out to be a really nice place to spend an afternoon! 

The view at Baby Beach

We walked along the Kaanapali Trail one morning soaking in the sights and sounds of the more commercial area of Maui.

My office view again

Sunset from the condo

We kept things pretty low key. We would go to the beach or read and just kind of hang out. One night we treated ourselves to a fancy dinner at the Hula Grill. It did not disappoint.

Sunset on Kaanapali 

Jenny and the sunset

Look at that glow!

A lava slide for Jenny

Amazing chicken!

The best fish dish ever!

Saturday morning we finished doing laundry and packed ourselves up to fly over to Oahu to explore Honolulu and its surrounding areas. Jenny's flight was a little before mine so I dropped her off, went to grab a smoothie and fuel up the rental car before heading in to catch my roughly 30 minute flight.