Beaches and Banjos

Well I decided to take it a little easier today and actually slept in! LOL. 
Since I had hardly been on any of the beaches here the whole time I've been here 
I decided to do my "hiking" on some of the various beaches. I started out on 
South Maui and did Big Beach which is part of Makena State Park. It had a really 
great view over to Molokini (a volcano crater sticking up out of the water that 
is the best snorkeling spot in Maui) and also a view over to Kaho'olawe, which 
is an island that the US armed forces used for target practice for years and is 
off limits but was recently returned to Hawaii and they're trying to bring it 
back to "life" so people can eventually move there. I then snuck over to the 
other nude beach on the island called Secret Beach. Come on people... I was just 
going for the beautiful views looking out to sea! Puh-leaze! LOL. I did a lot of 
walking along those beaches since it was so nice out and by then it was lunch 
time so I went to Sam Soto's, a Japanese noodle place. It was very tasty! As you 
might imagine, there is a large Japanese influence on the island since it's not 
too far away. 
 
I then went up to the West side of Maui and went to Ka'anapali Beach. This was a 
really nice beach as well. I have to admit, after awhile they all start to look 
the same! Quick side note, one of the funniest things on this trip has been 
listening to the GPS lady's voice try to pronounce all the Hawaiian street names 
given all the vowels! I know... it's the little things that can crack you up! I 
then went up to the Napili and Kapalua areas. Also beautiful. 
 
After all of that I went to this really cool concert. It was called the Masters 
of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Concert. OK, I said banjos in the title but it was 
really guitars and ukuleles and it was  really a great concert. Good music and 
very Hawaiian. As they say, "when in Rome"! 
 
Well tomorrow is my last day but I take the red eye flight back leaving at 11:30 
PM so that means I still have a whole day to explore and you know me, I'll find 
something fun. Have a good one!