Home is Where the Heart Is

Karen was worried that some of you may be afraid that we are stuck on a beach in Hawaii...fortunately, have made it home safely after taking the red-eye flight home on Thursday evening. The flight was pretty smooth, but for some reason the pressure in the plane was weird and Karen and I both had swollen feet when we got to Salt Lake City. After enjoying the land of the Mormons for a couple of hours, we got on our flight home to Tacoma. We are both a little sad to leave the island, but are enjoying being in the friendly spaces of our home.

Before heading home, we were able to spend a full day in Maui. We drove to Lahaina and explored its many shops. Probably the coolest thing in town was the gigantic Banyan tree in the town center. It took up almost an entire block and had several trunks coming down to support the massive tree. For lunch, we headed back to one of our favorite places (Aloha Mixed Plate) and had a plate lunch. Karen ate a Lau Lau plate (pork wrapped in tea leaves) and I had the BBQ mixed plate. It was delicious. After lunch we left Lahaina and drove to a beach to read under some shady trees for an hour or so. Once we had reached our fill of the beach (well, probably my fill), we drove to Kahului and hung out at Borders while waiting for our flight. Hawaii was fantastic and we are already planning our trip to the Big Island in the near future.