Maui Day 9: The Final Day

Wow, the last day in Maui.  We wanted to just relax a little bit more and take it easy today.  Justin went for a short swim and I slept in :)  We had coffee and breakfast on the porch.  Then we walked along the beach one last time.

Walking along the beach to the right of our condo.

Stopping to take one more exotic looking plant picture :)

We packed up and showered.  We had to officially check out at noon, so we said goodbye to our condo, but left our luggage in the "holding area" so that we could hang out in Lahaina that afternoon.  Our flight didn't leave until 9:15pm so we had the whole day to fit in just a few more things.

We ate lunch at a Mexican restaurant called Cilantro.

It was yummy and filling.

Then we just walked through the town again, window shopping and looking for what we heard was the best shaved ice.

Justin's name in Hawaiian- Iukekini

Mine's a little easier to pronounce- Amanaka 

We found Local Boys which served incredible Hawaiian shaved ice.  SOOO GOOD!

Ice, pre-chilled syrup, and cream!

We headed back to Honua Kai to pick up our luggage, then drove to Ho'okipa Beach Park to try to find some surfers.  Technically it's not really surfing season, but a few people were out there trying to catch the small waves.

Ho'okipa Beach

Boogie Boarders

Windsurfers 

Surfers

We needed to grab some dinner next so we made our way to Paia Fish Market (Thanks again Lauren!  Great recommendation)

We got some yummy fish burgers to-go because it was a bit crowded there and we really weren't even hungry yet because of our big lunch.

So we drove towards the airport in Kahului to a Starbucks because that's where we wanted to get our souvenirs from!  Hawaii coffee mugs!  We didn't even get a coffee there.  By that time, we were hungry, so we sat outside the Starbucks and ate our fish burgers...ha.

We were driving to the airport and all of a sudden passed a Krispy Kreme shop with the RED light on!!!  We couldn't resist, so we stopped in, ate 3 donuts each, and hopped back in the car and headed to the rental car place.

Wow, did we really drive 754 miles on Maui?  YEP!  

I was so sad to have to say goodbye to my new friend :(

We took the shuttle to the airport to catch our flight that night at 9:15 pm.  

We tried to sleep as much as we could, but with two stops before Memphis (LA and Dallas), that didn't really happen.  We were sad to leave Maui, but it was an incredible trip that we will never forget.  And we were alsoVERY excited to know that shortly we would be seeing our sweet children. :)