First full day in Maui! We got up and went to Duke’s for breakfast! It was my fave spot in Oahu many years ago, so I was thrilled there was one on Maui too!

I had macadamia nut banana pancakes with coconut syrup. They were amazing. Mouth is watering now.

Ty had regular pancakes. So fluffy and wonderful. Even had the little crispy edges. Yummy.
Then we walked on the beach at Dukes. First time the toes were in the sand and water.

Then we went exploring. We drove the West coast stopping at several things in this book (our Maui Bible) and anything that looked interesting.

Honolua Bay. So pretty! We came back the next day to snorkel here.

Tyler makes me be adventurous. We hiked down this little dirt path to this beach. There was not a soul around and it was so beautiful.

Then the road became windy and narrow. Tyler was in heaven driving the Jeep through all this.

We stopped and saw a waterfall!

We made it all the way around the top part of the island and went to Paia Fish Market for lunch. We saw their fish tacos on “Best Thing I Ever Ate” on the Food Network.

I had fish quesadillas…. amazing!

And Tyler had the fish tacos. They were too big to eat like tacos, so he made taco salads. They were good too.

We ate dinner at Bubba Gumps in Lahaina.

Then we went grocery shopping and bought some goodies for the rest of the week.

So on our travel day…we left from Dallas then flew to Phoenix. We went from Phoenix to Kahului (a 6.5 hour flight). We watched the Blind Side and Alvin and the Chipmunks the Squeakquel on the plane. It made the time pass better to watch movies.

When we got there, we checked in our condo then found a place to get dinner in a shopping center close by.
It was called JBs and I got macadamia crusted Mahi Mahi (with REALLY good mashed purple potatoes) (sorry the picture is too dark. The plate was white and when I used flash, it washed it out too bad) and Tyler got sushi. He thought the sushi would be cooked, but it was real RAW sushi. He liked it! I didn’t try it. Too much fish for me…

Then we called it a night so we could start our adventure the next day!