Greeted with no real plan out of the gate, we decided to eat. Shocker.
We broke two streaks here, paying for breakfast and not seeing the ocean from our table. The stack of pancakes made up for it, as did the hash browns that sent us on our way back to West Maui, where we heard we might find one of the world's most beautiful beaches, Kapalua Beach in Kapalua. We were not told, however, that we would be met with a parking situation at odds with the suggestion. JOE!, staying at the Ritz nearby, likely had a parking spot.
After a little circling, we swiped a spot near a beach just to the south of Kapalua, though, and, but for a scorching sun, it worked out perfectly. Sharp incline from the sandy beach into the ocean made for the strongest current we've seen on an otherwise serene beach.
The aforementioned sun chased us into lunch at the seaside restaurant, which offered yet another stunner of a view of the Pacific, this time south and toward what might have been Hana on the other side of the bay. We stopped for a few pictures on the way back and were home, after a Starbucks stop, by 4:30 p.m.
Even cereal looks pretty good next to a rainbow, and, thanks to one appearing outside the lanai at sunset, we finally have some decent pictures to prove rainbows do exist. Even more thrilling may be the fact we were able to figure out the workings of the remote control.
For those of you who know us, I think it's important to point out that we made it this far without being able to change the channel without getting up from the couch.
Tomorrow? More vacation. Maybe a bike ride down Haleakala. Maybe not.
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