Welcome home ..... missed you ... have had quite a week ... one little babe decided it was going to venture pre her or his date so had a stork flying around Bucks for a couple of days then he/she decided to have a change of mind, going to be one of those babies that wants to arrive on another's date, and there's plenty of snail mail cards to send out to family and relatives in February. Marlene .... who's wrist is extra sore tonight had to wait till today to get it sorted out. ````````````````````````````````````````` 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