We had an invitation from one of Gary's former clients to visit them while we were in Maui. Since they are leaving for the mainland on Thursday we decided this would be the day. It also gave us the opportunity to explore a part of the island we are not familiar with.
Mid morning we left for central Maui driving through the amazing field of sugar cane. Taking as many back roads as possible we wound our way through the cane fields near the Kahului Airport.
We chanced by the Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum and decided that may be a great stop when Taryn gets here. The museum is housed in a 1902 mill superintendent's house and sits directly across from the working factory that has been producing sugar all these years. I think it will be very interesting to learn about the process of making sugar.
We drove up to the little town of Makawao, otherwise know as the "cowboy town". We had decided to do lunch there but were not truly understanding how small the town is. It became apparent once we got there that even finding lunch may be a problem.
We had read about a bakery and thought we would find a nice sandwich to split. No such luck. While we did find the bakery, it was nothing more than a bakery. we did observe people walking out with box after box of cream puffs and decided they must be quite something, so we snagged a box to take with us to Leib & Peg who we planned to visit later that day.
Our only options for lunch were a Mexican joint or and Italian joint. we went Mexican and actually got a very decent burger there to split.
We then drove back to Wailea to our friends. Thanks to the GPS we drove right to their door.
Leib & Peggy retired here just a year ago and have a magnificent home in a very affluent neighborhood of Wailea. We really enjoyed our afternoon visit with them and touring their most beautiful home. The cream puffs, by the way, turned out to be excellent!
As it tuned out they cancelled their evening plans and took us for dinner at Tommy Bahamas, which I always thought was a clothing store. Guess what? Tommy Bahama's is both a store and a restaurant!
We enjoyed a wonderful dinner and visit there, and didn't get back to the condo till after 10 PM. It was a great day out and so nice to see Leib and Peg again.
Mid morning we left for central Maui driving through the amazing field of sugar cane. Taking as many back roads as possible we wound our way through the cane fields near the Kahului Airport.
We chanced by the Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum and decided that may be a great stop when Taryn gets here. The museum is housed in a 1902 mill superintendent's house and sits directly across from the working factory that has been producing sugar all these years. I think it will be very interesting to learn about the process of making sugar.
We drove up to the little town of Makawao, otherwise know as the "cowboy town". We had decided to do lunch there but were not truly understanding how small the town is. It became apparent once we got there that even finding lunch may be a problem.
We had read about a bakery and thought we would find a nice sandwich to split. No such luck. While we did find the bakery, it was nothing more than a bakery. we did observe people walking out with box after box of cream puffs and decided they must be quite something, so we snagged a box to take with us to Leib & Peg who we planned to visit later that day.
Our only options for lunch were a Mexican joint or and Italian joint. we went Mexican and actually got a very decent burger there to split.
We then drove back to Wailea to our friends. Thanks to the GPS we drove right to their door.
Leib & Peggy retired here just a year ago and have a magnificent home in a very affluent neighborhood of Wailea. We really enjoyed our afternoon visit with them and touring their most beautiful home. The cream puffs, by the way, turned out to be excellent!
As it tuned out they cancelled their evening plans and took us for dinner at Tommy Bahamas, which I always thought was a clothing store. Guess what? Tommy Bahama's is both a store and a restaurant!
We enjoyed a wonderful dinner and visit there, and didn't get back to the condo till after 10 PM. It was a great day out and so nice to see Leib and Peg again.
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