Maui, the First Island
Getting aTaste
Sunday,4/23 - At the island of Maui. We had a tasting excursion at 8:15, so we got upat 6:30 and had breakfast. Had 14 passengers and a driver/guide packed into avan, driving from place to place to try various dishes. Usually, a 'tasting' isa single bite, or maybe 2, but several of these tastings involved a completeserving. John got over-heated at 1 point, and then got full at the next stop,which surprised me. The final stop was a craft brewing company that servedfood. John tried the 2 beers they offered for tasting, but neither of us ateour fish taco. Back at the ship, John was wiped and took a nap. Then we hadsupper at the skyline, which was okay. John read for a while and went to bed. Iread until midnight and went to sleep.
Our roomhad not been made when we got back to the ship about 2. Which meant the bed hadnot been split. I complained - again - and someone arrived about 3 to clean it.We went to the library until about 4. It had been cleaned and the bedsseparated so we could use them.
Climbingthe Volcano
Monday,4/24 - still at Maui. Had an excursion at 8 to go to the top of the dormantvolcano, supposed to be 2 to 1/2 hours, but we didn't get back until 12:30.John tried to walk the last 500 feet to the top of the peak, but only gothalf-way there before he had to turn around and come back or miss the bus. Itwas a spectacular sight, but John was running down by the time we got back tothe ship. We were going to eat at the Skyline, but it wasn't open, so we wentto the buffet. Listened to our voicemails on our room phone. NextCruise wantedto answer John's questions, and she would be at her desk from 2 until 4. Weoriginally went to the wrong desk, but eventually found her. Then back to ourroom, where John was tired and upset. At 4, went to the talk about the nextday's port, Hilo, on the Big Island. At 5:00 was a Loyalty Appreciation party.After about 15 minutes, we left to get supper. Decided to try the CadillacDiner, but weren't impressed. John ate about half his sandwich and went back toour cabin. I finished most of my meal and went to our cabin. We talked aboutthe luau, which was an evening excursion on Thursday, and decided to cancel ourparticipation, so I went down and cancelled it. When I got back to the roomaround 7, J stopped reading and went to bed.
