Maui - Black Friday

Today was the best day yet. Heath, Michele, the boys, and I took the car on an adventure to the north of Maui.

I started the day before dawn by hiking to Black Rock to fish. I had no problem catching bait, had a large fish on, landed a weird and wonderful crab, and saw several giant green sea-turtles.

Michele, Heath, and I took the boys snorkeling in Honolua Bay. It was a gorgeous and calm day. Each of us got dinged by coral. Noah got the worst of it. Hiking down to the bay was through tropical rain-forrest (jungle). It was intense.

Maui - Thanksgiving Day

Heath and I started the day by grocery shopping for Thanksgiving dinner.

The whole family then spent the day at Napili Beach which was a little disappointing. It was much more crowded and rough than our beloved Kaanapali.

While most of the rest of the crew was resting up for dinner, I made a pilgrimage/scouting trip to Black Rock (Pu‘u Keka‘a). This is a sacred site for Hawaiians and also my upcoming fishing spot.

By the time I made it back to the "hale," Heath had already begun working his magic in the kitchen.

Maui - Wedding Day

We started the day with a trip to the grocery store.

Heath, Grand-pa, Uncle Alan and I took the boys to the beach while Michele helped her sister get ready for the wedding.

We all drove down to Wialea and enjoyed the gorgeous wedding ceremony. Nicole didn't leant fancy ceremony. I thought it was a nice balance of Hawaiian casual and Hawaiian traditional. I got to play wedding photographer which was a blast (and hard work).

The ceremony was followed by dinner. I had the miso-glazed mahi mahi with thai coconut sauce.

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