Nov. 28, 2011 Ottawa, ON

Home to Haliburton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nov. 27, 2011 Ottawa, ON

Grey Cup Party at Colleen's

Nov. 26, 2011 Ottawa, ON

walmart

dinner with Joan, Chuck, Sharon and Jenna at Kelsey's

drop Jenna off for the 6:40 pm train to Kingston

Nov. 25, 2011 Kingston, ON

continental breakfast in hotel

Bank, Haircuts,  CAA

Ticket at Jenna's residence   :^(

Take Shane, Jenna and Curtis to Ottawa

Drop Shane and Curtis off at Erica and Morgan's

Jenna, Sharon and I to Colleen & Brian's

Watch the Vanier Cup.  Go MAC Go  (Yikes!)

Nov. 24, 2011 Toronto, ON

check out of Westin Bristol

Brunch at the Red Maple with Gramma and Gramp Dibb in Burlington

Check in to Holiday inn Express on Division (in kingston)
Dinner at Geneva's with Shane and Jenna in Kingston

Nov. 23, 2011 Vancouver, BC

check-out

taxi to airport

breakfast at airport

10:00 am flight to Toronto

shuttle to Westin-Bristol

Dinner at

Nov. 22, 2011 Vancouver, BC

arrived at 3:00 IN THE MORNING

did customs, got our bags, a taxi to the Crown Plaza Hotel

Went to bed at 4:21 am Hawaii time  (6:21 am Vancouver time)

Bank

Dinner with Michael and Cam at The Cactus Club

Nov. 21, 2011 Maui, HI

Breakfast in the room

Moring walk on the beach (had to get coffee at ABC)

Sat by the pool

Leftover pizza for lunch

pack,

taxi to airport

Maui flight departs at 4:39 pm to Honolulu
Get in to Honolulu airport at 5:15 pm

Dinner at Tequileria??

Browse the shops

Made it to gate 24 just in time for the BTTB to arrive.  Pictures with Rob and the tuba section.  FUNNY!

9:20 pm flight to Vancouver.  LONG!  Movies they played were "The Help" and "Gulliver's Travels"

Nov. 20, 2001 Maui, HI

breakfast in the room

morning walk

pool

lunch in the room

ordered pizza for dinner

packed up some luggage

Nov. 19, 2011 Maui, HI

breakfast in  the room

bus to Kahului

Lunch at McDonald's

Pool

Dinner in the room:  Grilled Cheese and a salad (From Dina's Sand Witch)

Nov. 18, 2011 Maui, HI

7:15 am shuttle to the "Road to Hana" trip with valley Isle Excursions

Continental breakfast as Cafe O'Lei

Stops at views, falls, shops.

Hana wasn't much:  A restaurant, a store

Gulch opools

Winery

Nov. 15, 2011 Maui, HI

Breakfast in the room

Morning walk (Oops a little too late, the tide is high!  Couldn't go as far as we usually could)

Morning swim

A lazy day "at home"

Dinner at Cafe O'Lei

Nov. 14, 2011 Maui, HI

Breakfast in the room

Not a cloud in the sky SO, we make the trek up to Haleakala Crater.  Stopped at first Visitor Center, Leleiwi Overlook, The Summit.  On the way down we stopped at the top visitor center and she told us to do the Halemau trail (at 8000 feet)  We did that.  Nice views.  still above the clouds.  Picnic lunch at lower Visitor center (LOTS of clouds and LOTS of people).  Looks like we timed everything right.

Drove down to village of Makawao and Pa'ia.  Lots of sugar cane towards Pa'ia.  Pa'ia is a surfing town.  A few shops, a quick visit.  Checked out the beach.

Home for a quick nap.

Dinner at Aroma dItalia Risorante.  OK food.  Great Service from our waiter. 
Driver Intoxciation Check on the way home.  (They were there on the way TO the restaurant so I had a ginger ale.  On the way back, The police were still there.  I happily reported that I had not had anything to drink.  (NO free snow scrapers in Maui!)

Foodland for a few items.

Nov. 13, 2011 Maui, HI

got up EARLY for a boat cruise for Maalaena to La Perouse Bay, Molokini Crater and The Coral Gardens (up near the Tunnel) on the Maui Magic

Breakfast on the boat.  YUM

Dolphin Watching:  No Luck

Snorkelling at Molokini Crater:  Good

Snorkelling at Coral Gardens:  Amazing!

rented our own snorkel gear for the week ($10 for the week!)

Sharon buys a prescription mask

Afternoon nap before the sunset.

Dinner in the room

Nov. 12, 2011 Maui, HI

Breakfast in the room

Walk south along the beach.

Met Charles (from Kelowna) again.  He suggested we try walking on the lava trail at the far south of Maui (As far as the road will take you, park, and then follow the trail)

Morning swim in the pool (12 LONG lengths - Front Crawl)

Lunch in the room

Drove down to Big Beach at Makena

Drove on to the end of the road south to Ahihi-Kina'u Natural Underwater Preserve

Walked the black lava rock trails to look over La Perouse Bay

SADNESS.  No resting dolphins.

Drove back up to swim in Wailea Beach.  A GREAT swimming spot.  Amazing waves and water colour.

Drove to ABC to get some groceries

Dinner in the room:  Chicken Fajitas  YUM!

Boring Sunset but I caught another Full Moon!

Nov. 11, 2011 Maui, HI

Breakfast in the room

Coffee and Donuts "Meet & Greet"

Drove up to Kaanapali.

Parked at Hanakaoo Beach Park at 10:30 am

Walked up the beach to Pu'u Keka'a (Black Rock)

Saw wind, waves, weddings, Whalers Village (Shopping center) and returned.

Toured Front Street in Lahaina  (LOTS of jewellery stores!)

Lunch at Hard Rock Cafe

Gelato at Tom's  (A shoe store AND Gelato store)  YUMMY!

Drove south to Papalua Beach to get wet.

FIVE messages on our machine about a helicopter crash.

Called all significant people to tell them we were safe.  (Scary though!)

Sunset pictures.

Dinner in room

Caught a full moon!

Nov. 10, 2011 Maui, HI

Breakfask in the room

A hour walk south along the beach

Our 9:30 am car rental pick-up to Avis was a little late.

Got a 4 door Chev Aveo (White!) for the week.

Drove south along South Kihei Road to "The Shops at Wailea"

Lunch at Cheeseburgers (?)

Drove North along Kihei Road to Foodland

Search for a Laird Hamilton shirt.  (Word is they have some at O'Brien Pride and Hi Tech up by the airport)

Shop at Foodland.

Back to hotel.

Nov. 9, 2011 Maui, HI

breakfast in the room

Walk north along the beach to Maalaena (1 hour one way)

Saw the outside of the Aquarium (ie we did not go in)

Shopped for beach sandals.  NO luck.

Drinks at Beach Bum's  (Sharon had coffee and Tom had an orange juice, much more expensive than the early bird special for Screwdriver's:  $3.00 - Note: we were there at 11:00 am.)  We shared a red velvet piece of chocolate cake.  So-So.

Caught the bus back to our hotel.  Bought Sandals at our ABC.

Talked to Brett in Haliburton.

Dinner in our room (Steak, rice, carrots and salad)

Nov. 8, 2011 Maui, HI

breakfast in the room

Long walk on the beach (south 30 minutes and return north 30 minutes)

Sat by the beach until lunch

Leftover pasta/chicken for lunch

Nov. 7, 2011 Kapa'a, Kauai, HI

Breakfast in room

Clean up and move out

Caught a 7:15 am taxi to Lihue Airport

Checked in and passed through security to our Gate 6 by 8 am

Flight leaves at 9:11 am

Coffee at the airport (YUK!)

30 minute flight to Maui

Taxi to Sugar Beach Resort (towards Kihei)

Checked in at 10:30 but of course our room is not ready until 3:00 pm

Checked out the visitor/tourist info in the lobby.  Booked a trip to Hana (and around the rest of the island) for Friday Nov ??.   Booked a car rental from Thursday to Thursday

Got into our room by 11:00 am !!!!  Happiness

Unpacked and settled in.

Went to Dina's Sand Witch for lunch.  Split an amazing Turkey, bacon and avocado on a sourdough sandwich.  Also had their drink special ... A  Bay Breeze  (Vodka, pineapple and cranberry juice)  YUM.  The restaurant has american one dollar bills all over the walls.  The bartender estimated at least $30000 plastered the walls (in many layers)

Checked out the beach !  Beautiful, walkable, swimable beach.

Took the bus to Safeway to stock up our fridge.

Taxi back with our groceries.

Sat by the pool for the rest of the afternoon.  Caught a beautiful sunset.  We can even see it from our lanai!

Pasta, Chicken dinner in our room

A nice place!

Nov. 6, 2011 Kapa'a, Kauai, HI

Breakfast in room

Swim (12 Lengths - Front Crawl)

Dinner in Room (BBQ steak and Sweet Potato)

After dinner walk on the beach

Order a taxi for 7:15 am pick up

Pack

Nov. 5, 2011 Kapa'a, Kauai, HI

Breakfast at Eggberts  (Banana Pancakes!)

A cloudy, overcast morning, yet dry.  Flash Flood advisory.

Listen to the Queen's vs Mac semi-final OUA football game on a Hamilton radio station over the internet (Mac wins 40 to 13)

Tom buys a T-shirt and a Hawaiian mixed CD

Walk to downtown Kapa'a to the Bank of Hawaii

Safeway for groceries

Afternoon swim (12 Lengths - Front Crawl)

Dinner in room (Spaghetti and Meat Sauce)

Quick lunch at Burger King (A Whopper Jr and a soft ice cream cone)

Shop for dinner at ABC and Safeway

Swim in the pool (12 lengths: Front Crawl)

Dinner in the room:  Spaghetti and Meat Sauce

Watch University of Hawaii women's volleyball (on TV)

Flash flooding advisory turns to Flash flood warning from 7 pm to 10 pm.  The single lane bridge up north is flooded over.

Nov. 4, 2011 Kapa'a, Kauai, HI

Breakfast in the room

Dark clouds and thunder in the distance

7:15 am to our Wailua River Guides guide booth (across from Foodland)

The kayak/hike is on.

Our guide Annie drives us to the Wailua River.  We kayak (in a two person ocean kayak) for about 40 minutes.  Park the boats, ditch the footwear and hike about 2 miles through amazing rainforest, muddy trails, a rope crossing walk through a mildly raging river (up to my thighs), more muddy trails, a peaceful man-made waterfall, root ladders to our ultimate destination, Secret Falls (Ulehehi Falls).  Just beautiful.  We got to swim at the bottom of the falls, pose for pictures (Annie LIKES taking pictures), had lunch at around 10:30 with a pineapple shot.  Our group of seven people had the falls to ourselves.  Amazing!  Did the reverse hike back to our kayaks.  Back to our room by 1:00 pm.  A good trip!

Afternoon swim (16 lengths: Front Crawl)

Dinner at Hukilau Lanai:  Vegetarian Lasagna and a Wally Salad

Nov. 3, 2011 Kapa'a, Kauai, HI

Up at 6:15 am to catch the sunrise.

Breakfast in the room: Peanut Butter on toast  YUM

Supposedly rainy day was dry and sunny all day.

Morning Walk

Laundry

Morning Swim (16 lengths ... front crawl)

Tanning action by the pool

Lunch in the room: Cracker, Cheese, Apple

uploaded Kauai pics   AND  Helicopter Ride pics to facebook

Dinner at  The Brick Oven   (Pepperoni Pizza)

Nov. 2, 2011 Kapa'a, Kauai, HI

Breakfast in the room

A rainy morning

7:25 am pick up at our front desk to Lihue and Sunshine Helicopters

Had ABC coffee with the other 4 passengers.  One couple (Alyssa and Jason) were honeymooners who just had their wedding in Connecticut (with over 2 feet of snow, road closures and power outages).  Luckily for them their wedding reception venue had backup generators.  Too funny.  They were fun.

Our 8:30 am tour was cancelled due to cloud and rain all over the island.  SADNESS!

We rebooked the 1:30 pm tour (crossing our fingers that the rain would stop).  The honeymooners re-booked for 1:30 pm as well (and we found out later they "whipped" up to the North Coast and back.  They had limited time on Kauai.  They were off to Maui on Saturday.

We browsed around the Lihue shops.

Investigated the Golden Princess Cruise ship that had just landed  (town was about to get really busy)

We walked the supposed 15 minute journey to "The Mall".  30 minutes later (with a few rain drops included for free) we got to K-mart.  Shopped around there for quite a bit (we had dry time to kill).

Caught the free K-Mart shuttle back to "our" cruise ship.

Checked in with Sunshine Helicopters and they had cancelled the 11:30 am flight.  Still hoping the 1:30 pm tour was a go.

Checked out the Kalapaki Beach (In nice dry sunny weather)

Had lunch at Duke's Barefoot Bar  (Still sunny!)

Shopped (while it poured).  Tom gets an Aloha Shirt and Sharon gets a sun dress

Returned to Sunshine Helicopters (in sunny, dry weather).  The Helicopter ride is a go!

AMAZING, SPECTACULAR trip over the island.  Mountains, Beaches, Waterfalls, Canyons, Craters, Rainbows.  WOW, WOW, WOW.

They shuttled us back to our lodging.

Caught the tail end of a free hula show at The Coconut Marketplace just across from our lodging.

Dinner at the Kauai Coast Resort  (the Hukilau Lanai Restaurant) 
Prime Rib     YUM         Wally's Salad  YUM

Nov. 1, 2011 Kapa'a, Kauai, HI

Breakfast in the room.

A littly cloudy, dark and rainy.

Morning Shell Vacation Club timeshare solicitation at the Kauai Coast Resort.  "No! from the diaphram" kept us in there for over 2 hours.  Eventually we got out of there unscathed and no commitment to anything.  Intriguing but an expensive proposition

Afternoon swim (14 Lengths Front Crawl)