Cool Non-Color Car

I own a 1965 Mustang. I'm always thinking of colors that I would like to paint it. We saw Iron Man last week, and walked out to the parking lot to discover this car.



I love this color! Or I guess you could call it a non-color. It reminds me of the car in James Bond that reflects it's surroundings to camoflauge itself.



So cool!

Lotion Stick

I love this thing ...



It smells so good and doesn't make my skin feel greasy. The only thing is that people give me funny looks when I appear to be putting deodorant on my arms.

In the market

Hey my 5 readers!

I'm in the market for a new digital camera. Do you like the one you currently use? What do you love about it? I've narrowed in to one I may like, but I would like to hear what you all have to say.

Anonymous comments welcome ... I need input!

ADDENDUM: I'm currently after a good point-and-shoot camera; something I can carry with me in my purse. Then I'll start working towards the SLR.

DAY 12

Our last day on the island we loaded everything into the car and drove to Lahaina.

I had to take a picture of this Burger King in Kahului as a reminder of the obsession with Spam on Maui.



It was a cloudy day, and rained quite a bit.



We made it to Lahaina during delivery time, so I took a picture of the Odwalla delivery truck. I love Odwalla.



We grabbed breakfast at the Pioneer Inn.



And drove Front Street. This guy owned a vintage car and had a taxi service out of it. We caught him taking a morning nap.



This was the shop at Bubba Gump's. I really wanted to buy the orange shirt for my brother-in-law Justin. It says, "My Momma Says I'm Special". You'd have to know Justin. :)



Took a few more flower pictures. They're just so beautiful!



By afternoon we made our way to the Kihei/Wailea area. We tried to take a swim, but it was just too cloudy, wet, and windy. We walked around the shops in Wailea. Considered buying a $57,000.00 Rolex (yeah, right) and then went to Da Kitchen for lunch. Definately a favorite place of ours. We tried poi this visit. Sorry, but yuck.



Then we drove up to the Iao Needle on West Maui. It was misty.



Here is a picture of the needle.



And a picture looking down the canyon to Kahului from the needle.



It was a pretty interesting place.



And a cool waterfall.



And a little taro garden to make yummy poi. (gag.)



We stopped at a gas station on our way out of the Iao Needle Valley and washed our car, vacuumed out all the sand and got everything put back neatly into our bags.

We checked out a couple of the windsurfing beaches on the north of Maui and then went into Costco to kill some time before our flight.

How unfortunate for you that this is the last picture I took on our trip.



You don't get to see the patterned green carpet on the floor of the airport that I sat on while playing a game of kings corners or rummy to pass the time.

You miss out on seeing the red dot on the ceiling that I stared at until my eyes watered trying to make myself fall asleep.

You don't know about the orange juice that was passed around about an hour before landing that called me back to sanity.

You won't see my disappointment in having to put a jacket on before exiting the SLC airport for the drive home.

And last you won't see how we ended our vacation by going to sleep at 9am, only to both dream that we were back in Maui! And then we woke up.

DAY 11

Day 11 we were out about 7:30am and driving to Hana. It was a rainy day on that side of the island. Look at the affect that all that rain and humidity has on the road signs. They all look like this.




It is very jungly on the road to Hana.





I thought this was funny in one of the small towns.




We drove down this road to visit an arboretum, but ended up not going all the way.




I wish these would grow in my yard.




We stopped at Wai'anapanapa Black Sand Beach and took a couple pictures. It is so pretty here.



And we hiked down to the Wai'anapanapa Caves that have a very interesting story.




Here's the cave. I was so brave! I can't tell you have nervous things like this make me.




And I took some plant pictures on the way out of the park. Isn't this so pretty?!




We decided that we really didn't want to spend the full day driving in the rain! So, we started driving back to the sunny side of the island.




I just love the bridges over here.



Another abandoned car.





We walked down into the Keanae Arboretum.




Here's more about it.




This is evidence of one of my favorite trees ... the blue marble tree from Australia.




Here's Matt holding a "marble".



These are an unusual variation of a palm tree. They were so tall and I think their foliage looks like a wagon wheel.





These are a type of eucalyptus tree. I LOVED them.




I don't remember what plant this is. We were being eaten by mosquitos at this point of the walk.




On our way out, Matt spotted this abandoned car.




I love the areas of bamboo forrest. They look like fluffy green cottonballs.



Another abandoned car.




We were back in Kihei by noon and grabbed lunch at Da Kitchen. I had wonderful Tempura Tuna and Matt got the Hawaiian Plate. Again.


Then we went to our favorite Po'olenalena Beach again. The parking lot was under construction and we often wondered if that was why it wasn't as busy.




We spent almost 4 hours in the water playing in the waves. At about the 1-hour mark we started noticing turtles popping up around us. They were playing in the waves, too! They were hanging out with us the entire time.


About the 2-hour mark, we were watching a turtle about 15-feet from us, when we saw something and at the same time heard something that sounded like a gun shot!


There were two needle fish chaseing eachother through the water, jumping out of the water, back in, out, and in again. Each time they exited the water to fly through the air, it sounded like a gun going off.


It happened so quickly, and was so near us that I was shook up for a minute. But at the same time I was so AMAZED and excited that we had seen this so up close. But, I was glad I wasn't any closer!


We stopped by Wailea Beach to rinse off and watch the sun go down.





We loved Wailea Beach.




We were sad that this was our last sunset on the island.



When we left for our studio, we really wished we were going home that night. It had been such a great day and our vacation was feeling over.


We went home and I packed. I inherited my packing skills from my father, and I can fit a lot into a small space. So I went to work.


While I was standing over the suitcase maneuvering items into corners, I suddenly realized I was unconsciously swaying back and forth. If unchecked the swaying would get more and more and more pronounced. Those 4-hours in the ocean had a lasting effect!

This was another day that topped my "favorites" list.

DAY 10

Day 10 ... blue sky!

Here is the front our our host's house. Such a cute place on 2-acres.



The view of West Maui from Hana Highway. The VOG is disappearing!



We drove down to South Maui to do some snorkeling in the Aquarium. Look at the power lines that can't be buried because of the volcanic rock. They put it in black tubes and float it over the rock.



These cactus trees show up now and then along the road. There were a bunch down by Wailea. I think they're kind of creepy.



We went into Kihei for lunch (Pita Paradise) and did some last minute souvenier shopping at Kihei Kalama Village. We called my parents who were in Highland for my nephews birthday. So, we took this picture as a reminder of where we were when we were talking to them.



Here's a picture of the Kihei Kalama Village.



We went to our favorite Po'olenalena Beach and swam/snorkeled for a long time. We saw two 3+ foot turtles here and swam around with them. It's so fun!

We went back into Kihei for dinner at LuLu's which is a fun open restaurant. I loved eating where the birds would just fly in and out randomly.



Toward the end of our vacation we were sticking to the places that we knew we liked and were taking it easy. It was nice. I'M READY TO GO BACK!