But wait, there's more! Maui Day 3, Part I

I really need to try to stay awake later over here. I’m waking up at like 6am, an' dat no gut. Played some Tetris DS for a while, sat out on my porch and read more of Maui Revealed. Around 10am, I decided to go back to Kihei Caffe for breakfast. I planned on getting something different, but nope, I just got the 2 eggs breakfast again. After breakfast, I walked down to South Maui Bicycles to start my bike shopping. The guy there was pretty helpful, he showed me a bunch of street and hybrid bikes. I’m really trying to decide what kind of bike I want... I figure I’ll really only use it on the street, so I don’t want to get fat mountain bike tires to slow me down. But the hybrid bikes (thin street bike-like tires, with a mountain bike build) are pretty spendy, starting at $400. And the street bikes start at like $1000, so they are WAY out of the question!

After South Maui, I drove out to Kahului again to check out the selection at Island Biker. Their cheapest hybrid was $550, which really seems like too much to me, but I took it on a test ride anyway. I’ve always had mountain bikes, so this thing felt SO light to me! Plus, it had very thin street tires, so the turning was very responsive. I feel a bit tempted by it, it really felt nice, but $550?!? I’m supposed to go back to South Maui Bicycles tomorrow to take the Trek 7.3 FX for a test ride ($489)... Am I really going to spend that much money on a bicycle???

After Island Biker, I stopped by Kmart to check out the clothes, nothing good. I also went to the automotive section and did pick up some Hawaiian seat covers for the Jeep; red with white flowers, it looks sweet. Then I hit the Sports Authority and shopped for some boogie boards for me and Kara. I decided on the Morey Classic Series (Morey apparently invented the modern day boogie board back in the 70’s). I got a blue medium sized board for me and a red small board for Kara, they look so cute sitting against the wall... his and hers boogie boards. I’d love to give mine a spin, but I’ve discovered one problem with being in Hawaii alone... no one to rub suntan lotion on your back! I guess I could go out there with a tee shirt on, but then I’d look like a fat kid who’s ashamed of his body! I’ll probably do it tomorrow though, I don’t know that I have much else going on then...