day 14

we started today by making lei crowns and bracelets after signing up for this free activity offered by the resort.  the crown were woven from palm leaves and basically flat braids.  we were allowed to pick out flowers from an assortment and design the color scheme to wanted.  daddy, little sister, & i chose to make the crowns.  big sister and her grandparents worked on flower bracelets.  those proved to be a bit trickier as they wrap had to remain very tight from start to finish or else all the blooms fell out.  after a few tries, big sister got the hang of it.

the girls visited a bit with the exotic birds that were on display.

we headed north of the resort, in search of beach scenery and a popular blowhole.  we would drive for a bit, park where possible, and get out to see the views. 

in the area with signage for the blowhole, we parked and walked a bit towards the ocean, but since we were up so high above the water, we really did not see anything and were not interested in hiking down closer to the water to further investigate, even though we could see other people doing just that.  daddy spoke with a local selling banana bread at this popular stop and he said this in the wrong time of year to see the full beauty of the blowhole.  with the low tide, it is mostly just a spurt or not there at all most times.  so, i guess we made the right decision not to explore further.  regardless, it was beautiful scenery all around us.

having gone as far north as we wanted, we made a spontaneous lunch stop at maui tacos, which was a pleasant surprise of tex-mex-like mexican food.  to say little sister was pleased with this choice is an understatement!  

back at the resort, daddy & the girls did more boogie-boarding and then tried out the waterslides in the family pool area. i was content to lounge by the pool and “watch our stuff.”

we were able to participate in another palm-frond weaving activity in the lobby and together the girls wove a bowl from coconut leaves.

we met up for dinner at the outdoor bar of the resort, partly for convenience and partly to use up some of our room credits. daddy & little sister twinned in the sunny seats of our table.

after people watching on the beach we enjoyed a beautiful sunset.

we eventually wandered back towards the lobby, where there was a lovely firepit lounge area.  the girls thought that was really pretty.

today's step count: 7,613