A Day of Rest ... Sort Of!!!

After so much running around, we decided to have a relaxing day by the pool.  First up, breakfast!!!  Patty purchased a papaya at the Flea Market for her sustenance!!

Patty's Breakfast!!!

After laying by the pool and increasing our golden properties, lunch time snuck up on us, and having nothing in the fridge, we headed out for groceries and ice.  One thing about living in a condo on Maui is the decision whether to cook (but we are supposed to be on vacation!!) or eat out, which can be very pricey!!  Most lunches will run $15-20 each unless you know where to go.  Even then, it will be a minimum of $10 each, which can add up.  Sharing one plate makes lunch rather reasonable, if you can agree on what you are having.  Of course there is always McDonalds, Jack-in-the-Box and KFC!!!  Not our choice by a long shot and let's face it, Patty and I are cheap cheap cheap!!! ... so groceries are a must.  

There are three major stores ... Local Times (great fish) but no discount, Foodland (not so good fish) but big discounts and Safeway which has everything, still a higher price, even with your discount card. If you go to Foodland, you can request a "locals" card (just put in your phone number) and you can purchase (for example) butter at $4.10, reduced to $2.50 and English Muffins at $4.50 reduced to $3.00.   It pays to be a local at the grocery store!!!!  They also have these gorgeous flowers!!!

Back at the pool ... more laying around watching championship baseball until dinner time.  Patty made an awesome chicken stir fry with brown rice, after which she suggested we head out for a beach walk.  We went south from the condo this time, around the rocky point where the turtles hang out, to the beach on the other side.  I'm really excited about finding some sea glass ... but we soon discovered we were in the wrong place.  We checked out a tidal area, but I explained to Patty that it was not like Monterey, where all kinds of things inhabited the rocks.  About that time, she spies a little crab that made a liar out of me!!!

And then another!!!!!  They look like twins!!!!

As the sun went down, I got a couple more shots of another beautiful Maui sunset!!  Sure am going to miss these when we have to leave in a few days!!

This morning we are off for more turtle watching.  Hope to have more images for you tomorrow!!!  Aloha!!!!!