Last full day of vacay. So sad. Tomorrow we fly out at two. Time to eat and go. Good times always end. Usually with work.
So what to do on last day? Well, we owe some travel company a presentation. That’s how I got the big discount on the cruise two nights ago. We were up at 630 and out by 730 and in downtown Lahaina at 745. Early. I ell, bad news for you fools we dis buy into the travel company, low rate plenty of perks etc. but mostly just cheap lodging at luxury hotels and condos. I hope it pays off. I have 5 days to price check it and verify. I have paid nothing. If I accept it means all good things.
The whole process took an easy three hours. Yikes. Then we walked off into Lahaina for a little travel shopping therapy. Last day we buy souvenirs for anyone we care about. Didn’t get yours? I’m sure it was lost in the mail. I swear you have one on the way.
We stopped at mid day for lunch at some kind of place. I did not pay attention. Food was hops and cocktail was better. Price was too high which is Maui.
After lunch, more walk and shop. For a half hour. Then back to the hotel to hook up with our friends. And maybe do something else. Don’t know what. Don’t care. Being on vacay does not motivate me to plan.
We got back to the hotel and got changed. The other two are downstairs at the pool. They have been hanging out at he pool and drinking. Bob had called me when we were traipsing around Lahaina. He was whining, he needed a friend to join him. Like a kid who is upset because he has no one to play with. That’s Bob.
I got there, Emily had gone ahead and gone to a different pool. I went upstairs and made Bobby a cocktail. Back down, made Bobby another and one for Renee and one for me. And a glass of wine for Emily. Btw, I am the official trip bartender. Emily has come over and joined us. We sat around drinking and floating in the pool. Quite nice
Then we made more drinks and cruised down the promenade to the next hotel and the next. The last had a huge grotto bar, swim up style. The pool was super huge as well. We sat and drank there and played in the pool for awhile. See a theme developing here? After an hour or so we decided to go to dinner. What a production. Took at least 45 minutes for them to decide cuz I decided to not give a shit. But, after a quick clean up and change, we are on our way out now.
We have decided to go to a restaurant that seems well thought of in this area. Definitely a tourist place but I am a tourist so no problem.
We went out front to catch a shuttle. We want to get there by 515, it’s 5 and the shuttle is best choice. Well, we missed the shuttle. Now we have a new overlong discussion of how we should get there. Finally, Emily and I decided to walk the mile down the beach. Bob and Renee said they would get the car and drive.
So, about 15 minutes later we are standing in front of the restaurant waiting for them. Christ. They got there, we got our table, all is good.
The place was loud with a ton of activity and a lot of diners, maybe 200. The menu was trying to be farm to fork and organic and blah blah. I come from the farm to fork capital of America. This place was about 7 out of 10 on that scale.
We all ordered cocktails because we could not drink the wine we brought. They had a $25 corkage fee.
There special signature cocktails were not special. Good, certainly, but not great. My salad was excellent, a beautiful blend of greens, jalapeños, onions and a creamy piquant house dressing. My fish tacos only ok. Bob returned his meal and skipped eating. All in all, I’m not coming back. Hey, our waitress was a Visalia girl! She made the right choice leaving there for Hawaii.
So we asked back to the hotel. They beat us back. Probably drove like hell. It’s just a quick walk.
We relaxed in the room for awhile. Played a few hands of Hearts and went to bed. Flying out tomorrow so gotta get packed and rested up.