One more morning with this view 🌺

Based on my alleged snoring last night, and my perfect sleep score, I think my body likes vacation 😊 Wonder if I could get a doctor’s note to stay on vacation permanently… for medicinal reasons? 🤣

We said goodbye to the Grand Hyatt and made our way back to the LiHue airport. The view never gets old… there is literally every shade of green on this island.

One flight back to Maui, and one more day in Hawaii and we’re headed home.

A quick flight and we were back in Maui. We are staying in the Wailea section of Maui tonight. It’s about 20 minutes closer to the airport, plus it gave us a chance to see a different part of Maui. We were planning to ask about fireworks for later tonight, but the hotel was one step ahead:

We grabbed lunch at the outdoor lounge while we waited for our room, and added bonus we got a 4th of July picture from Charlotte of sweet Scarlett (Sampson wouldn’t be still long enough for photo 🤪)

I think the boys are a little worn out because once we got in the room, no one was terribly motivated to do much of anything 😀

It’s a different view in Wailea versus Ka’annapali but still beautiful

We headed out for an early dinner so we could be back for the fireworks. Our bartender earlier suggested a place in Paia, so we headed that way. The drive over was gorgeous as we made our way along the coast.

The recommended restaurant was too crowded so we wandered around a bit, and found a really neat place, Ohana’s. Great food and singer/band who was hilarious!

We went in search of some ice cream for dessert, and found the cutest food truck area. We also found Reefs Real Fruit Ice Cream. Oh my word – It was awesome! It was hard dip vanilla ice cream, missed with fresh fruit and then blended until smooth. It was a cross between soft serve and milkshake consistency and WOW was it good!

We hurried back to hotel to change and get ready to watch the fireworks from the pool. Because none of us have ever watched fireworks from a pool before 😁 Added bonus, the drive back was just as beautiful!

I think Hawaii may have saved her best sunset for last…

We watched the fireworks while sitting in lounge chairs in a pool in Wailea, Hawaii. That’s a pretty perfect Fourth of July 🇺🇸

One more sleep, and then we start making our way across 5,000 miles to home. We have had so much fun, but I think we are ready for home.