Still the first day

On Monday after I got settled into the hotel, I headed out to see a townhouse that we were interested in. The place was REALLY nice, it had just been remodeled, so there was new tile everywhere, and nice wood floors, and the furnishings were nice too. AND, it was right across the street from the beach!! But, it was $1600 per month... Something we could do, but was it necessary? I told the guy I was very interested, but I really wanted to see a few more places before I make a final decision.

I went over to L&L Drive In to get myself a plate lunch, something I’ve been looking forward to for many months! Got the Kalua Pork, it wasn’t that great, but the macaroni salad was AWESOME. After lunch I walked to Safeway to get some suntan lotion and some local microbrew. I’ve been a little worried about what kind of beer selection would be here for me, so I thought I better investigate. I bought a six pack of Kona Brewing Co’s Big Wave Golden Ale for (eek) $9.36. I don’t like it... It takes kind of citrus-y, no fruit in my beer please. I also stopped at the ABC Store and bought a tour book called Maui Revealed, which the girl next to me on the plane highly recommended.

At this point I started thinking about buying new clothes... I didn’t really have any shorts, so I’d been walking around in tennis shoes and jeans. But I didn’t want touristy clothes, so after thinking about it for a while, I decided that Costco might be a place to get cheap local clothes. But, I didn’t have a Costco card... so, I called Kara and got her to add me to her account. Then I drove out to Kahului to get a membership card. When I arrived, I tried going in the entrance, but a girl stopped me and said “I’m sorry, we’re not letting anyone in, our power is out.” I didn’t have anywhere else to go, so I figured I’d just stand there and wait for the power to come back on.

Fifteen minutes pass, and now there are a ton of people waiting outside Costco with their oversized grocery carts. Finally the power flips on and we get the ok to enter. I approach the membership services desk, explain my situation, but they say their computers haven’t come back online yet. So, they give me a temporary pass and let me go in the store without checking my story out. Once in, I went to the optometrist and made an appointment to get my eyes checked for contacts (Billy swears by Costco contacts). Then I browsed around the store for a while, looked at printers, monitors, bikes, etc. I also looked at the clothes, but didn’t see anything I liked. By the time I was ready to leave (with nothing to buy) the computers were back on, so I got my exclusive membership card. My dot matrix picture is HOT!

Back to Kihei, got a copy of the Maui News at Safeway so that I could call on rentals in the morning. Got a taco salad at Maui Tacos... it was huge and not very good... Back to the hotel, and off to sleep.