On our second trip to Hawaii, we went back to the same place in Maui we visited a few years earlier. It’s always nice, but it didn’t have the same feeling as when I hadn’t gone in almost 10 years.
This picture was taken in Lahiana, which I was pretty disappointed with. I have such good memories of being a kid and playing around town and going the Lappert’s Ice Cream. That’s still there, but everything else is so touristy there now and a lot of places were closed down.
Since we just went to Maui and did all the tourist things on the last trip, this trip we took it easy and did lots of fishing. This became our thing to do until we had kids, but hopefully we’ll all be able to do that again one day.
The funny thing about Hawaii is that there’s nothing but fish in the water, but they’re pretty hard to catch. We learned this again and again over the years. We’d catch some things, but not what we wanted and it actually took a long time to hook something decent.
We also drove up to Honolua Bay but didn’t make it down to the beach. I’m not sure why we didn’t make the short walk. It’s one of those things that seem so easy after you have kids. It was just us and we were younger so I’m not sure what stopped us.
Another good thing about this trip was that I got to see my Auntie Irene for the last time. She was such a great woman and was always fun to be around. I didn’t know her that well but I always looked forward to seeing her and I miss her.