Sounds wonderful Jennifer!! Gwen > We're baaack! > > Drove down to Seattle to catch our flight with > Northwest Airlines. > Fantastic sunset along the way with the Seattle > skyline as a backdrop. > > The American Border and Security guards were an > absolute delight at every stage of our journey > -- full of fun and jokes. Looked after Mum a > treat. (Sure beats the sober, and downright dour > Canadian ones we encountered). Flight was smooth > and a strong tail wind got us in an hour earlier > than scheduled. > Although it was dark when we arrived at Kahului > http://www.mapgraphics.com/images/maui.jpg, the > warm breezes and tropical smells smoothed our > travel weariness away in next to no time. > Just a short 50 minute drive to the other side > of the island (Kahana) where we grabbed a few > groceries for breakfast the next morning, then > dumped our bags in our apartment. > Slept with the doors open to the sound of waves > crashing on the beach. Mmmm. > > Our apartment was gorgeous -- located on the 12th > floor, corner unit overlooking a beautiful sandy > beach (see photos) The humpback whales were > migrating and every morning as we sat on the > lanai drinking our coffee we watched them > spouting and cavorting about).(no photos, sorry > - can see them here tho' > http://sailhawaii.com/whales.html > One mother and calf came in really close giving > us a great view. There was a great deal of tail > slapping or fin slapping ... the noise could be > heard for miles and the fountains of white spray > were enormous. Often whales would spy hop to see > what was going on around them. > The weather was lovely ... not too hot ... around > 78-80F (25-26 C) during the day, dropping down to > mid 60's overnight. Did have a couple of days > where the daytime temp only reached 68F (20C) and > the locals complained how cold it was <g> > Every other day or so there would be rainbows ... > small bits, entire arcs ... even double ones > (never found that pot of gold or leprechaun > - even though one ended on the beach right in front > of us). > .... to be continued > > Jennifer > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com > > . > . > "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? > If not, PLEASE change it." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >