Feb.12, 2015--on to Maui from Kauai:

Usually we spend our whole vacation on one island, but this time I took advantage of good award travel itinerary to Kauai and from Maui.   We did have to pay $90@ plus $15 for one checked bag on Hawaiian for our flight between LIH and OGG, but I felt it well worth it to get to see Kauai for a few days, too.  But the 6 nights flew by and before we knew it, it was time to head to Maui.   To see my blog from Kauai, click here---   2015 Kauai


Ken is a nervous traveler, so he made sure we were at the airport plenty early---about 2 1/2 hours early for our 11:10am flight!  The flight was on time and was a nice short flight!
I love that they give you tropical fruit nectar on their flights.

 There was a lot of wind and clouds, but now and then I got pictures of land.  I believe this is Oahu.

I think this is Molokai---or is it Lanai?

  This is West Maui.

 

more of west Maui

  crossing over the mountain to the airport.

 the valley. 

  descending in to Kahului.

 We had another Budget reservation---again the cheapest full-size or above reservation I was able to find from a discount broker for 15 days (we're leaving late on the 14th day so reserved the car an extra day).  The car was suppose to be a "premium" level car (Taurus) for $600.  Turns out we got an Infinity---complete with a bunch of features we are not familiar with---but will learn by the end of our stay I hope.  (It got rather comical listening to Ken curse at the car everyday when he would accidentally push another button and the car would do something weird) I went to pick up the car since I'm the Fastbreak member and Ken got the luggage.  I was the only one in Fastbreak and was back at the airport in less then 15 minutes.  Ken was waiting with the luggage when I got back and we were on our way to Kihei.
It was too early to check into our timeshare, so we headed to a late lunch/early dinner.  Peggy Sue's hit the spot.  Love their shakes.  Their sandwiches were very good, too.  Love the old diner style.  Service was a little slow, but we're on Maui time now.

  Back to our car-----I noticed my seat was cold.  That's when I discovered one of the weird features---heated and cooled seats.  Ken swears his was on hot.

 Our ride for the 2 weeks.  (I actually looked up the value of this car about midway through our trip.  Supposedly worth $60,000!  I told Ken I was going to rent him a hatchback Yaris (which they tried to give us as a full size car in St. Thomas) next time with all the complaining he did about this car!  I guess some people just aren't meant to live in luxury.)

 About 3pm, Worldmark Kihei called and said our unit was ready; so we headed over there to "move in".  I had requested building 1 right on South Kihei road.  Didn't get it, but got what turned out to be another great location.  We were in building 4.  The parking lot for that building was around the back of the complex, right next to the gate to the pool area.  We really liked coming back from snorkeling and going straight to the pool.  We were also on the 4th and top floor.  From our front walkway we had a great view of the ocean.  From our lanai we actually had a slight oceanview.  There are 9 condo buildings in the complex and some of them are quite a ways up the hill and a ways from the ocean.
 the livingroom, diningroom

 the 2nd bedroom

 living area from front door

 2nd bathroom

 small but adequate kitchen

 living area from patio towards front door.  Murphy bed in 2nd "closet" on the right.

 living area towards kitchen, then 2nd bathroom and 2nd bedroom

 master bedroom

 master bath

 master bedroom towards master bath

 view from our patio in building 4, 4th floor, unit ?

 view from our front walkway

  Near sunset we went to Kamaole Beach Park 3 to watch the sunset.

  Wonder if snorkeling is any good here?  (found out later that it actually is!)

  Not many clouds for lighting up the sky.

  The waves were really rolling in.  We watched lots of boogie boarders.

  one final sunset picture.

 Back at the resort, we hit the heated pool and Jacuzzi.  Love having a heated pool here, complete with waterfalls for self massages.  We may not be able to snorkel because of a South surge, but at least we can still get in the water.