That is what happened on our 3rd year anniversary celebration day. We had booked a helicopter tour over the West Maui mountains and neighbor island Molokai for the morning of our anniversary. Then we would cruise around Paia, our favorite little town in Maui, and then have a fancy Italian dinner in Wailea to end the evening.
We woke up early stoked for a helicopter ride. As we ran out the door, we got a call that the helicopter tour was cancelled because of "mechanical problems" - I put that in quotes because I am pretty sure they lied about that. I had won some helicopter tickets from winning first place at the Halloween costume contest as a belly dancer at Hula Grill's party. So my tickets were donated and therefor not top priority to the company to take us out. I was told later when they cancelled our rescheduled appointment also because that they needed to pair us with a couple that PAID for the tickets, or else they are going up and wasting gas and all for free. I get it to an extent, but why'd you lie to me the morning of my anniversary and blame it on mechanical problems... Don't trust AlexAir :D :D
Anyways, so we were already in the car. Thought about a hike. Jon wanted to do his favorite hike but it was really muggy and hot, I didn't want to do that hike. So we drove past Paia and headed towards a waterfall hike. But then almost ran out of gas so had to turn back and get gas in Paia (last spot to get gas before Hana which is over an hour drive away). Needless to say we are both a bit irritated, our perfectly planned morning wasn't really going down very well.
On the drive back to Paia for gas the traffic was backed up because of a turned over van off the side of the road. Another big sigh... I looked out the window as we passed the infamous Ho'okipa surf spot. The waves were GOING OFF with locals swarming the beach side and in the water itself as well. We passed the lot and we decided to pull over on the side of the road and hang out. We walked down to the secluded black lava cliffs overlooking Ho'okipa. We pulled out our mini fixings for mimosas and hung out on the cliffs, cheers'd to an unexpected beautiful moment, and felt God's mighty wind in our hair as we enjoyed the talented surfers cruising the waves. Eventually we were joined by others so we bounced and headed to Paia for lunch at one of our favorite lunch spots on the island.
Trial and error. Jon couldn't quite figure out how to sit hahaha
The next part of the day was essential to the success of the day. We went to lunch in Paia. Paia is an adorable little hippie town. Super high end boutiques in the middle of a yoga hippie town. The locals actually living in Paia can't afford the shops along the main drag yet the charm of the village is what draws the attention from those that can afford those boutiques. Dread locks, hairy underarms, super healthy local grocer, yoga mats strapped on their backs with yoga wear and no bras, unshowered musicians playing their ukelele or acoustic guitar as they walk down the street, the charm of a no worries happy town. Although everytime we go there Jon is offered weed. That may have something to do with the happy, no cares, outlook on life by the locals in Paia... :D
We drove down to Wailea after strolling Paia for a bit. Wailea is about another hour away from Paia. We grabbed a parking spot at our special beach. The beach we were married on is past the famous "big beach" or Makena Beach. The next cove past the well known beach is a tiny cove nicknamed the wedding beach (just like Kapalua beach on West Maui). And of course there were two weddings taking place when we pulled up. There is a tiny entrance that makes it seem like you are entering a secret garden, except it's a secret beach (it is also nicknamed "secret beach" haha). There were a few locals and their families with fishing poles set up with their naked babies playing in the sand.We set up my sarong as our towel and laid down for a minute. We were so at peace there. The quiet beach with crashing waves, soft breeze, warm sun, comfy sand... that we both drifted off to sleep. Magical. I woke up first and went exploring a bit past the cove where there were literally no one on those beaches.
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| January 13, 2013 |
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| January 13, 2010 |
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| January 13, 2013 |
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| January 13, 2010 |
After exploring and taking some photos, we sat and watched the whales put on a show. The island across the way is Lanai. In combination with the sun setting behind Lanai, lighting up the sky, we could see like 5 whales playing and blowing water up. With Lanai behind them in the distance we could see the water they were blowing upwards! So cool.Next we set up for our dinner. We fell in love with caprese salads in Italy. Fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and Italian herbs with balsamic, olive oil and salt poured over it. So we had caprese salad, bread, and wine for dinner than night. Our kind of dinner.
The beach cleared out once the sun was completely gone. We could barely see but thanks to our "seaside memories" candle, we got by, and that meant we got to be all alone on the beach.
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| Check out that moon shining above us! |
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| The later it was, the goofier we got :) |
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| And of course we had to use the God-made restroom :) We both secretly snapped a photo of each other and didn't realize until we looked through the photos haha |
After we finished the food and wine, we headed back home to get some ice cream (we wished we could have gotten some authentic gelato from Italy..). We shared some dessert and ended the evening beautifully. What a magical day. Little did we know, our plan was never God's plan. It may seem like the correct plan at the time, but He always has something more perfect in mind.
Maui No Ka Oi
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