Our flight to Maui was at 1, so we spent the rest of the morning packing and getting to the airport.
After a very quick and painless flight from the Big Island, we landed in Maui around 3 pm. First stop, Walmart for food and supplies, since we can cook our own meals now. PB&J, eggs, milk ($3.88 for a half-gallon), Mai Tai mix (hee hee!), turkey lunch meat, bread, pop, and various other sundries for a screaming total of $78.00 and no meat to speak of. It's like shopping at Wegman's at home! And the seedless watermelons are $10.44 here too, only not quite as big as on Hawaii island.
So we go to check out, and all they have are the blue Walmart bags that you buy - no plastic bags on the island. When you leave the store the guy at the door has to check your receipt to make sure you paid for everything, cuz most people don't spring for the .50 cheapo cloth bags (no bottom support either) and just walk out with the items loose in their cart. Oh yeah, and another observation: there are people of Walmart in Hawaii too.
Made it to our condo, then off to dinner at a local restaurant, the Pupu Lounge. Excellent ceviche! I had a satay plate of steak, chicken, shrimp and scallops, served with a ginger soy sauce and a hot sweet fruit sauce. Austin had the coconut shrimp and perfectly fried, light and cripsy pork spring rolls. Mike had a blackened and seared ahi tuna, and Emma had a Caesar salad with chicken. It was all delish, and we were stuffed!
Across the street from the restaurant is another of the Kamaole parks, and it looked like people were ice skating from where we were... well of course they weren't - it was the outdoor roller rink which opens on Fri, Sat, and Wed nights. Right next to that is a 'sick' skateboard park where we watched some kids show off for a while. We'll have to check it out in the daylight hours.
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