This morning, we woke up to a charming little rainbow over the city and decided to walk to Rainbow Drive-In for lunch. Sharing a mixed plate and a pork cutlet plate was such a treat – delicious and so satisfying.
Later, we strolled over to Waikiki and watched the kids riding waves on their boogie boards. Our flight back to Maui was in the afternoon, so our time on Oahu was short but sweet. Oh, and I’m still feeling sore from the massage we had earlier – definitely a sign it was amazing!
Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 18mm, f/22, 1/100 sec, ISO2000 “Sunset” Big Island, 2024
Today we went on a fantastic trip to the summit of Mauna Kea with Mauna Kea Summit Adventures. It was so good. We were picked up in Kona and driven in a nice new van up to the summit, while the driver (Arthur) told us a ton of interesting facts about the Big Island. At the summit we enjoyed a beautiful sunset, and then returned to the visitor center where our driver set up a telescope and we spent a couple of hours stargazing. It was pretty great! Highly recommended.
Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 20.5mm, f/13, 1/100 sec, ISO800 “Distant Haleakala” Big Island, 2024Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 18mm, f/2.8, 15 sec, ISO3200 “Mauna Kea Sky” Big Island, 2024
It was travel day today! After watching our last amazing sunrise over Diamond Head, we checked out of the Park Shore Hotel and caught the bus to the airport. Again, the fare is only $3 per person, compared to $35 for a Lyft of Uber. What a deal!
Photo info: Apple iPhone 12 mini, 4.2mm, f/1.6, 1/2000 sec, ISO32 “At the Airport” Honolulu, 2022Photo info: Apple iPhone 12 mini, 4.2mm, f/1.6, 1/14900 sec, ISO32 “Bye Oahu” Hawaii, 2022
It was a short island-hop over to Maui where my nephew picked us up and brought us back to the house in Wailuku. Our house was designed and built by my grandpa in 1956, and has been in the family ever since. It holds so many memories for us, and I’m looking for more memories to be made there! :)
Mariko and I settled in and then went out for some food at Tin Roof. I haven’t eaten there before, but everyone has good things to say about their chicken sandwich, so I had to get one! We also ordered some saimin, then took the food to the beach and ate at the picnic table behind the canoe club building. The sandwich was really tasty, but the chicken was a little dry (which seemed to be an anomaly). We did enjoy the crunch and flavor, though, and it’s really high on my chicken sandwich list, for sure. The saimin was also yummy and made for a perfect first meal on Maui.
After that we did a little grocery shopping at Foodland, then went back to the house to relax with a couple beers with my nephew and watch the baseball game. Welcome to Maui! :)
