Maui was great! Spent some great family and friend time in a beautiful setting. We left at the perfect time too. Started to rain on the day we left and continued to rain until we came back. In the SB area we got 10 to 15 inches of rain over that week. That is pretty much a season's worth for us. Meanwhile, we were hanging out in sunny Maui with temps close to 80 degrees.
The place we were staying was the bomb and absolutely perfect for families. The place is connected to the Grand Wailea Resort and is a Hilton property but instead of hotel rooms they are brand new townhomes that had just been built. I think we were the first ones to stay in our place. We stayed in probably the nicest one that has been built so far. Only 16 of the 120 places have been built but the pool oasis was fully operational. It was almost completely empty everytime we hung by the pool. Our kids all ran amuck and there was no one there to complain. Even when people did show up, they all had kids roughly the same age as ours. The townhome was a 3 bed 3 1/2 bath place with about 3,000 square feet in total. The master was simply dope as really were all the bedrooms. It was nice with a family because you can go to the grocery store and get groceries for meals ect... and have a place to store it all. It's nice to have a place for the kids to relax when they are tired and not be cramped in a hotel room.
We took several trips around the island. We hiked the Lava fields, snorkeled in a couple of different spots, took a hike up the Ioa valley, checked out the sugar plantation and our family drove around the entire West side of Maui. Very treachorous drive but there are amazing pools, a blowhole, and the coast is rugid but beautiful. We also went over to the Grand Wailea Resort Hotel Pool which is great for kids. They have a water elevator, water slides and an amazing pool. Kids loved it.
We saved the road to Hana and the Haleakala volcano for next year. :) We honeymooned there for 2 weeks and did all that stuff back then. Would have been a bit tougher with the kids. We figured we would let them get a year older and attempt that. It was fun and I feel amazingly refreshed physically. Ready for the season now.
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GO BIG BLUE!!!(Sorry umassjsp!) Whatta game!!! So from one champion to hopefully another...I'm also ready for this beach volleyball season to start. Go Professor & The Thin Beast
(aka Team USA #1)!!
Have you and Phil started training together yet?
Garret
Sounds like a great get away Todd. Yes, the kitchen and a place for sit down eating is a key when traveling with the kids. We went on our honeymoon in 95 to Oahu and Big Island. Not sure about Maui but there were some shady characters on those two islands. Hawaii is a magnent for hobos from the Mainland. What kind of a car did you rent over there?
Here in New England it is like a funeral that will not end after the Super Bowl disaster. Guys in the Media who have been stonewalled for stories by Bellichick for years, now are pinning this loss on him and raking him over the coals BIG TIME. One of the special teams guys Willie Andrews got arrested with a large amount of weed yesterday. Plus you have the Spygate thing with Congress so the collective psyche has turned 180 degrees. I used to be a Patriots die hard back in the Grogan/Eason/Millen/Bledsoe eras. But, I cant stand Brady for some reason so seeing him taken down a peg is OK with me. My wife and 1 daughter were crying after the game and now Disney Channel keeps showing the Eli Manning going to Disney World commercial and it kills them. New Yorkers will be chanting "18 AND 1...18 AND 1" at Boston fans for a long time.
Ready for some AVP action....bring on the Spring!!!
Garret- See latest post. Congrats as well on the NYG.
Scott- Vacation was nice. Not to many shady characters but we were with kids which probably kept us out of any areas there might be shady folks. Bummer about the Pats. I think Bellichick should be nailed for going for a 4th and 13 yards or whatever it was. That kind of arrogance tends to bite you IF you don't make it. Not to mention if there kicker hits a FG and everything plays out like it did we go to overtime. Even more exciting than what it was.
Todd
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