Maui Trip Post #1 Day 3

We've been in Maui for 3 days now! Adrian LOVES being here b/c people practically live outside and he can be outside whenever he wants, which is usually always. The weather is beautiful between 60-80 degrees, it's rainy today but probably sunny on the other side of the island. Adrian was dancing in the rain before he tuckered himself out and told me he wanted 'ni-ni'.
The house is awesome and finally I'm able to see it for the first time. It looks bigger than I imagined from the show: TLC's My First Home. There are wild/loose chickens everywhere in Maui and at about 4 in the AM the roosters start crowing and don't stop all day. There are 11 different ecosystems on this little island and it's amazing how diverse the landscape is. The ocean is beautiful and the waves are big. Right now the wind patterns are different from what they usually are so the smells, volcano fog or Vog is present, the weather etc are a little unusual.
As you may know, we left CO at 6am on Tuesday the 15th. Judah drove us to the airport at 3am. Adrian did great on the first flight (2.75 hrs). Slept the last 45 min. He sat on Barry's or my lap and played with his new computer from Aunt Doreen and Uncle Mark, a gift for the plane. He read books and ate gummy lifesavers to keep his ears popped. We stopped in San Fran for about an hour and he ran around, played in the kid's play area, and rode on the moving walkways saying hi to strangers. The second flight was 5.5 hrs long and he slept the last hour. We were lucky to have 2 empty seats in our middle 5 seat row. This flight he had fun walking to the bathroom, flushing an airplane toilet, throwing up probably from eating too much sugar and waking up at 3am and not napping enough-too much excitement, and playing peekaboo with the lady behind him. He probably cried a total of 30 seconds the whole time.
The first day we flew in we were picked up at the airport, rented a car, went to the house, unloaded, went shopping for diapers and stuff, then had a marvelous dinner with sashimi, steak and vegies. We have our own room-a tall tent with a blow up mattress, Adrian's playpen, and a little table. It's so nice out all the time that there's no air conditioning or heating systems set up in the house. The 'lanai' (porch) is like a second living area.
Wed the 16th: Barry, Adrian and I took off to the west side to visit the tourist towns and beaches of Lahaina (Papalua beach park), Kapalua, Napili (D.T. Fleming Beach Park) and kept driving around that way until we hit a one lane two way winding road that was in a native area where the locals live the old way. We turned around and went back home the other way.
Thursday the 17th: Went on a tour to check out the Piihilo Rd zipline (Barry might do it!), and my dad's base water plant, met a coworker of his, then drove through Makawao then went Hookipa Beach where my dad went surfing and Barry felt nauseas and rested on the beach and I watched Adrian play in the baby tidal pools ranging from 6" to a couple feet of water. I met a local woman who told me about a Christmas kid's program at the Makawao library, a Santa at one of the malls, and a pool in Pukalani (where my parents live).
Adrian is having fun getting to know his Grandma and 'BaPa' in Maui!