Maui Day 1-2

After an interesting start to our day, we finally made it to Maui on Thursday afternoon. Hawaii is five hours earlier than Kansas, so when we landed at 3:15 pm, it felt more like 8:15 pm. We were definitely tired. We hurried over to get our car rentals so that we could head to our condo. With a few hurdles there, we were finally on the road to our condo. We are staying at Ka'anapali Royal Condominiums. It is beautiful! It overlooks the pool, the golf course, Whaler's Village and of course, the ocean!

We took advantage of the time change/jet lag situation and woke up early the next morning. Early like 2:00 am. In every guide book that we read, it says that you must go see the sunrise at Heleakala (an inactive volcano) but that if you were wanting to see it, you should go the day after you arrive so that you can use the time difference to your advantage. PS It was FREEZING! We sort of rushed out of the condo and we forgot the blankets that I had laid out to bring with us. Oh well...

This is a before shot, while we waiting for that slowwwwww sun to make its way over the crater.

Finally... it was beautiful. Cold and beautiful!
We took advantage of the beautiful backdrop for a family photo op!

Of course, we needed on of Josh and I. Please note that I am literally as close as possible to him because I was absolutely frozen!

We lucked out on the car rentals. Kendell and Chris really wanted a convertible and we really wanted a Jeep Wrangler. He we are on our way back down from Haleakala back to our condo for nap time. :)

That night was our first real night in Hawaii. After playing in the pool and relaxing that afternoon, we headed down to Lahaina to walk around and eat dinner. We had dinner at Mai Tai's on the beach so that we could watch the sunset. What a full day!?! It came full circle watching the sun rise and sun set!