Hawaii

Maui May 5-11 2011....My first trip.
Paul and I just returned from Maui where we spent 6 days getting to really know each other. We spent hours talking, walking, and exploring both the Island and ourselves. We left the mainland knowing we liked each other and we returned much more than friends.
Maui was beautiful and yet in some ways disappointing. we had rain and clouds everyday, the sunshine came and went, and until the day we were leaving it was never really hot. For old folks like us you could say the weather was just perfect. I expected it to be like
Tahiti and it wasn't yet it was, it is much larger so you have very little intervention with the people. We stayed at a very nice place and were right on the Ocean and the people at the Condo were very welcoming. We rented a car and day one lost a tire and ended up off the road and had to change cars, so that cost us a day. Even with this happening we spent the remainder of the day birding the local area and visiting the Iao National Park, seeing the Needle, it turned out to be all good. Day two we went on a whale/dolphin watching trip. We seen Bottle nose dolphins and were treated to flying fish but no whale. Paul ended up very very sea sick and after the trip we walked the beach and stayed low key. Poor guy he was so mersible and worried about spoiling the trip. The following day we drove to the summit of Haleakala and checked out the native birds and were lucky enough to see six Nene (Hawaiian goose) which are the Hawaiian State bird. We played hide and seek with the clouds and the dormit volcanic scenes. I LOVE what they call the Silversword plant. More birding and exploration of the Island with a trip to Turtle town where we explored the different beaches and drove thru the Volcanic landscape at Makena. We were amazed by the Bayna Tree at Lahaina, which is said to be the largest tree in the world. We had three separate sightings of Turtles just down the road from Lahaina for a total of 5 turtles(or maybe all the same two just different days.) We drove the road to Hana to the very end, checked out waterfalls, visited the Hana airport, and Charles Lindbergh's grave and Paul ended up with a National Park Lifetime Membership. He said "stick with me babe and we will visit all the parks for free.
Paul and I we are a couple...we plan on remaining a couple...we have a great time together...he loves me and I him. I feel very lucky to have found a relationship like this and plan on treasuring it to the fullest. It may not be very long but We will embrace it for however long we are given. God is good.