Thurs., Day 9 - Lahaina, Early

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Lahaina, Maui Island, is the last of our Hawaiian port visits. Temperature is in the mid-80s, and much less humid than what we experienced yesterday on Kaua'i.

We had one important thing to attend to in town, so we left the ship about 11 AM. It took shuffling and questioning to find our appointed spot; I'm convinced that everyone from here who knows how to give directions has left the island. Anyway, by Noon we were ready to laze in a quiet park, visiting with acquaintances from the ship.

On our stroll back to the dock, we found a shop selling beautiful antique posters. We spent quite a bit of time there, especially looking over the dozen posters that Salvador Dali made for the 1974 opening of his museum. They individually depicted the twelve tribes of Israel. One especially interested me, and I'm happy to report that we saved several hundreds of dollars by the time we left that shop.

The trip back to the ship finally accomplished by just past 2PM, we lunched, then made phone contacts with home. That means only one thing -- it's NAP TIME NOW!