January holds 2 very important anniversaries for Jon and I.
Jon and my 2nd year anniversary of marriage January 13, 2010
Jon and my 1st year anniversary of living in Maui January 12, 2011
Ergo, January began our ANNIVERSARY MONTH. Like how some celebrate their birthday for the whole month, we celebrated our anniversaries this whole month! This was made possible (financially) because we have many gift certificates saved up from various things.
The first week in January we went to Jon's work, Pineapple Grill, and dinned in the fancy dinning room. We usually eat at the bar or on the lanai where the bar menu is available, so it was a special occasion to eat in the dinning room with a reservation set up and everything! Jon had been awarded Most Improved at the end of the year Christmas Party which came with a $100 gift certificate to the restaurant. This came in handy for our nice dinner.
Our auntie snapped a photo of us all dolled up from dinner. The animals need to be involved in the shot too haha |
On our real anniversary date, we went above and beyond to properly celebrate :)
Jonny surprised me with a scrumptious mimosa in the morning
And a darling stack of pancakes with "LOVE" imprinted in the middle
We drove the North route to a hiking spot Jon had done while here for the wedding. The North route around the West side of the island is very dangerous. Aside from twisty turney twists, a majority of the time it is a one lane road with many blind turns. Rental cars are rumored to not be aloud on these back roads, when in reality, rental companies just will not insure any accidents or incidents that may happen on this road.
Then... why drive that way??
Welllll it's BEAUTIFUL
Before the road went to one lane |
Head on, on a one way street. The minivan had to back up until there was some room to scoot over |
Video of our time on the back road of the North side, loud, sweet music, singing and whistling along with the windows down and a smile on the face
We hiked the Waihe'e Trail on the most gorgeous day!
We trekked along the ground full of roots for the first fourth of the 2.25mile hike |
The rest was mostly uphill. Jon grabbed a buncha photos of me trailing behind, out of breath |
I MADE IT |
I MADE IT TOO!! |
"End of Trail" |
View of the other side of the island |
View of neighbor island Moloka'i |
Enjoying the waves |
Mama's Fish House has it's own private beach |
Jon's fresh fish Bouillabaisse. Calamari rings, Mahi-Mahi, lobster, scallops, and clams with an angel hair pasta in a tomato-sherry broth |
My entree was the Crab and Lobster stuffed Mahi-Mahi with a Macadamia Nut crust, ginger rice, and fresh corn on the cobb |
And they provided a free dessert after as well. A half Raspberry sorbet and half Tahitian Vanilla ice cream. Tasted like a raspberry creamsicle! |
Maui No Ka Oi