Aloha Hawaii! Hana Hou!
The last ten days I have been on my honeymoon with my lovely wife Jocelyn. We left on Thursday morning for the islands of Hawaii. Our flight left from Milwaukee and went to Hawaii via Houston. The flights, though long, went fairly well. We had a bit of a delay in Houston but it wasn't much. We arrived in Oahu at four in the afternoon and took an interisland flight to Maui. When all our traveling was done it was quite a relief but it was time to let the good times roll. The Hawaii-Wisconsin time difference is five hours so I called my mom and told her we had arrived safely before she went to bed. It was strange walking around in the blazing afternoon sun after traveling for seventeen hours. We went to the car rental and got our Jeep Wrangler and drove to our hotel. We checked into our home for the next seven days, the Ka'anapali Beach Hotel. I was running on fumes and needed some food. So I took a quick shower and headed to the courtyard to get some food and drink from the Tiki Bar and the Tiki Grill. We got our complimentary Mai Tais from the bar and ordered some Hawaiian teriyaki pineapple burgers and some unbelievably delicious calamari rings. After we finished eating we got a couple seats at the Tiki Bar and enjoyed the live music of Rudy Aquino. Rudy used to play back-up for Don Ho and he is the consummate hotel entertainer and would account for hours of entertainment on our trip. The bar closed at ten which was just what we needed because we needed to get some sleep. Day One: This is our first full day, hence day one. We got up early and headed down to the banquet room for our welcome breakfast. The welcome breakfast was a small sales pitch for the side tours that were offered through the hotel. It wasn't all sales as there was some good information as well. They were giving away prizes to people who attended and Jocelyn was the Vanna White of the drawing and got to pick the names. We weren't allowed to win but Jocelyn received a ticket for a magic show that we never ended up using. After breakfast we planned and booked all of our activities for the week. After that we hopped in our dropped top Wrangler and drove a couple minutes to Lahaina. Lahaina is a great little town that used to be a whaling village. Now is a little shopping town with small boutique store, galleries, restaurants and bars. Even with all the tourist shops the town is still able to keep its tiny town feel. We walked up and down Front Street which is the main drag in Lahaina. There were a lot of cool spots and one was the Banyan tree. It was a large tree whose branches put down roots and grow more trees. The one tree occupied…