Day 7

Today marks the end of the first week of our vacation. It was a great, lazy day. We went to the beach and out to dinner. That was about as busy as it got for us.

We started our day by going to Malu'aka Beach, better known as "Turtle Beach" because of the sea turtles that flock to the reefs there. When I snorkeled, I didn't see any turtles, but Mark was lucky enough to go out a bit later and swim with one almost the whole length of the beach! How cool is that! Seriously...I'm a little jealous...but I had a great time just swimming around in the bath-like ocean.

We were at the beach for probably about 3 hours, then we came home ate some lunch, and watched some TV (HGTV of course...oh and the movie "Never Been Kissed" was on, so we watched that too). Then, for dinner, we ate out at The Sports Page, which is basically a sports bar down the road. I sat under a picture of Mike Ditka. The clientel were mostly locals and the food was really good! I had - of course - fish and chips and Mark had the Peyton Manning burger. Yum. Delicious food. I challenged Mark to a pool dual (as in billiards), but he was a little nervous to play in public with such a great player as myself, so we didn't.

That about wraps up our day. Tomorrow, we are going to turn things a bit upscale and check out The Shops at Wailea (anybody want a Luis Vuitton bag? a new Betsey Johnson dress? Fendi glasses? let me know!), and maybe do the Wailea beach walk. It is HOT and HUMID out now so, tomorrow might be really warm...we might also have to do the beach or the pool.

Here is an interesting tidbit regarding the weather on Maui that I found at hawaiiweathertoday.com:

Why is it warm all year round in the Hawaiian Islands?

There are many reasons for Maui’s famous warm weather, not the least of which is the southern latitude. Maui is approximately 1400 miles north of the equator, which is in an area on the planet that has high sun during the entire year. This allows plentiful amounts of sunshine to beam down on the island. While the sun’s warmth heats the island, it is also pumping heat into the surrounding ocean water as well. The temperature of the ocean around Maui fluctuates very little…remaining between 75 degrees F. (23.3C) during the winter months, up to 83 degrees F. (28.3C) or so during the summer months. This last point is really the key factor in why we stay so pleasant here even during the winter. The warm ocean keeps the overlying atmosphere from cooling significantly…ensuring the near perfect weather conditions that Maui enjoys.

Aloha for today!