It took just under an hour to drive back to Kahalui where the airport is. Once there we had to weigh in (eek!) so they could balance the helicopter. We had to go through some safety items - similar to when on an airplane - but this time it felt a little more real. I'm not sure if that was because I had to wear a life vest in a pack around my waist for the whole trip or if I think helicopters are less stable or if I just actually haven't heard 100 times how to jettison helicopter doors in case of a water landing.
Our pilot was Shaylan. Iggy thought that he "just looked" like a helicopter pilot. Since I was sitting next to him he started by showing me the controls on the floor and making sure I knew not to bump them with my legs. He told us about what we were seeing as we flew over it and often told jokes that only he really understood. He would ask us questions and try to read our lips as we answered (he was the only person miked).
The views were spectacular - so many waterfalls and so much green in the landscapes and blues in the water. It was a little hazy since there seem to be clouds sitting on the tops of the mountains here a lot.
As we were driving back to our hotel, we got a little lost, but had the happy accident of stumbling across Wow Wee Maui - a local sushi and burger place. We stopped in for lunch and bought a Wow Wee Maui Potato Chip and Milk Chocolate candy bar (yum!).
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After a little nap and looking through our photos and a little balcony time, we got ready to head over to dinner at David Paul's Island Grill in Lahaina. We sat on the patio facing the street and the beach and had a nice view of the sunset. We watched the couple at the table next to us argue and the lady at another table complain that the tart she ordered for dessert wasn't a pie. There was a table 10 people close to us that had one guy who seemed to constantly be talking louder than anyone in the restaurant. And the table next to us was a quiet family with 2 kids (maybe 3 and 7) who were really well behaved. We tried the sashimi (paca paca) bruschetta as appetizers. Iggy had the steak oscar and I had pork 3 ways. We had the signature berry pie (not tart) for dessert. The food was really good and our waiter was nice - knowledge about the wine I wanted, knew the menu, and was all about the ambiance (when he saw me taking a picture of the sunset through the shades he ran back to the switches to open them).
It was a nice anniversary - a little adventure and some fine dining!
Location:Maui, HI
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