Maui--Day 6

We are now at Thursday of our trip. Duff and I slept in until 9:30. Unheard of for us. It felt really good. The morning was pristinely gorgeous. The sun on the ocean water was like glittering diamonds. (Kind of like I envisioned Edward Cullen's skin in the sun. Big disappointment in the movie...) Nertz, anyone? We got all these different playing cards to bring home.
These Aloha drinks are really good. I wish we could get them on the mainland.

This is one of the pools right below our condo. This is the brand new tower (Napili) and facilities that just opened last Friday, and here we are! We have been using the lounge chairs between the 2nd and 3rd umbrellas. This place is like Camelot or Disneyland. The facilities crews work during the night, so when you wake up in the morning everything is clean and perfect. You can't really tell in this picture, but the water is a very unique shade of turquoise. The pool travels to the left and winds through many gardens, waterfalls, etc.

Just one of the waterfalls and bridges. The bridge is such a piece of craftsmanship.

A close-up of the bridge.

Duff and I went early this afternoon to a presentation on time-shares. It was very informative and actually a good deal. We might consider it. We did get a lot of perks just from listening to the presentation. We'll have Richard tutor us on the art of time-share ownership.

This afternoon was spent at the pools and beach again. Oh the water is divine! The pools are saline, not chlorine, so very easy on the body, hair, and swim suits. The whales are out in droves. Some were in really close to shore. They are quite entertaining to watch. A mama was out with her babies. She would rise out of the water and slap her large 15-20 foot fin down in the water with a big splash. Then another one, and another one. This is telling her children to come 'right now'! Either they are lolly-gagging around or she wants them near because a boat is too close. I guess even oceanic parenting is not too far off that of we human mothers!

Sunset during this time of the year is around 6-6:30pm. This was tonight's, right off our lanai.

Another shot just a few minutes later. Quite beautiful.

And another shot again with the waves and shoreline.

We had a japanese teppanyaki dinner tonight at Kobe's. Very, very delicious.

On our way out of the restaurant, Patti noticed that one of the trees in the parking lot was an honest to goodness breadfruit tree, just like the quilt square I am doing! It was late at night, but the flash worked fine. Here is real hawaiian breadfruit!

Aloha, until tomorrow-----