Hawaii Adventure – Day 8

Day 8 of our journey was our final day on the gorgeous Garden Isle. Daddy Starbucks and I woke up super early to catch our final Kauai sunrise, and then met the kids for breakfast at the Club Lounge.

After breakfast, we decided to walk the grounds one last time and leave our leis on the Remembering Stone, before catching a 9am Aquaponics seminar, where the resort demonstrated how they grow all their own greens for the resort restaurants. We werefascinated and intrigued, and desperately want to learn this amazing science back in Tennessee.

At 11am it was time to head to the Kauai Airport, for a fast flight to Maui (after a brief layover in Honolulu). Lihue Airport in Kauai is unquestionably the most laid back airport on earth. Very calm staff, no lines and hula dancers in the lobby. In some ways, it felt like taking off and landing in a remote island airport. 

Maui was very different from what we had seen in the Islands thus far. It wasn’t the hectic city life of Honolulu, and it wasn’t the lush green mountains and spires of Kauai. I guess I’d say it was a perfect balance of the two. More on that later, as this was our very first day on the island.

We arrived at the Hyatt Regency Resort & Spa, in the town of Lahaina. We spent the evening exploring the resort, and getting settled in our rooms. The hotel was completely sold out for the next two nights, and there were people everywhere. Because of this, our rooms were partial ocean view (not something to grumble about for sure), but it felt hectic and we missed the luxury of the Grand Hyatt in Kauai. Any disappointment we may have felt that evening, compounded by the pouring rain, was soon about to change. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s update.