We celebrated our second anniversary in Maui, and had breakfast on the morning
of our anniversary at the Seawatch where we got married.
We did almost nothing. Each morning we'd get up in the morning so Christi could
run on the path along the beach in Wailea, while I either walked on the path and
took pictures or snorkeled. Then we'd pack our little "life is good" cooler with
snacks and some titanic (half Malibu rum, half pineapple juice, and a splash of
midori) and spend the next five hours or so at the beach, reading our books,
playing in the surf, and soaking up the sun. At night we'd walk about a mile
down the beach either to the right (to Sarento's) or to the left (to Ferraro's),
drink a good bottle of Italian, enjoy a great meal and then have a romantic walk
back to the condo.
I also put together an aerial map of Wailea with some of our favorite places
annotated. Just click the map below to open it. Note: it's about 8MB.
Of course I got a few pictures while we were there. Here's some of my favorites.
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View from the condo |
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This is panorama I shot of the view from our condo |
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Whale Breach |
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I didn't get the up close whale shots I wanted, but we saw a lot of whales. This series of a whale breaching is kind of fun |
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Cats |
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There are a lot of cats living in the woods near Makena beach |
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Another one |
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and yet another |
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Wailea Beach at Night |
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A night shot of Wailea beach as we walked to Ferraro's down at the four seasons at the far end of the beach |
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Beach in front of the condo |
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This is the beach in front of the condo we stayed at |
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Our Heart |
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We make a sand heart almost every time we go to maui, this one was on valentine's day |
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Beauty and the beach |
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My beauty on the beach near our condo |
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Starry, starry night |
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The night sky was beautiful, and full of stars |
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Another shot |
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Another shot of the stars. I shot these by putting my camera on a chair that had been set out for a wedding on the lawn where we we got married two years ago |
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Slithery fish |
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This guy was all slithery. Not as scary as the big eel I saw, but I'm not a big fan of snake shaped anything |
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The Four Seasons |
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A shot toward the beach from the Four Seasons. Ferraro's is off to the right |
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Yellow fish |
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A nifty little yellow fish |
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Looking back |
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Snorkeling in Makena, this is looking back toward the beach |
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Heading to dinner |
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Heading down the lawn in the Ekahi complex to walk down the beach to dinner |
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Sunset |
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Sunset on the reef in front of our condo |
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On our way to dinner |
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I put the camera on the log you'll see in other shots so we could get a picture together |
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Beauty |
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My beauty on the log on the beach in front of our condo |
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Looking out |
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Christi looking out at the sunset |
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Bright Planet |
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The super bright planet at the top of the palm trees dominated the sky every night |
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Night Sky |
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A fun night shot from in front of the Marriott. The super bright building way down the coastline is where Sarento's is |
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Vietti |
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Ah, Vietti Barbera! I had a lot of wonderful evenings thanks to Vietti, and a wonderful beautiful wife |
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Little Makena Morning |
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A beautiful morning on little beach at Makena |
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Breakfast at Seastar |
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Looking over the grounds at Seastar where we got married, on the morning of our second anniversary |
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Another wonderful dinner |
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We had so many wonderful days, followed by wonderful dinners. I can't wait to go back! |
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Always shooting |
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Standing in front of little beach at Makena taking some early morning shots |
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Beauty at breakfast |
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Christi at breakfast at Seawatch |
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Golden sunset |
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A rich golden sunset |
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Corona |
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I love the bright corona around the cloud |
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Night on the beach |
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A shot down the beach toward the reef where I snorkel, with the lava dome of Makena showing way in the distance |
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Me on the beach |
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A shot of me as we walked down the beach to dinner |
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Our beach |
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A shot down the beach in front of the condo as we took a walk in the morning |
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Another angle |
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The same beach, from a different angle. The log that I used to hold the camera for our shot together is at the far end of the beach |
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The Magic of Photoshop |
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This is the same shot as the previous one, but I used Photoshop to remove the people from the beach and bring the colors more inline with what it really looked like that day |
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Off for a ride |
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The mustang convertible has a different level of fit and finish than our volvo convertible, but a little american muscle now and then is kind of fun |
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Dinner at Joe's |
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Joe's was supposed to be outstanding, and we had high hopes, but our dinners were lame |
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Walking to Ferraro's |
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Looking down the beach toward Ferraro's as we headed down for dinner |
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Nifty fish |
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Yeah, I have a card that tells me what kind of fish they are somewhere, but for now, I'll call them Bob and Jeff |
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Big scary eel |
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Again, not a big fan of long slithery fish |
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Neat blue fish |
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These guys were really cool looking. probably good eating too! |
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Nibble fest |
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It looked like a feeding frenzy on this part of the reef |
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More fish |
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More nifty fish |
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Sunset |
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I love the cool shafts of sunlight coming up from the clouds |
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Huge sun |
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The sun was huge on this night. We sat on the lawn in front of the Marriott and watched the sun set |
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Another shot |
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Aother shot of the sunset |
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Another night shot on the beach |
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We stopped and sat on the beach, enjoying the night sky |
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Big turtle |
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I got some turtle shots, but not as many as I'd like |
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Neat reflection |
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A cool reflection on the water surface |
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Neat sunlight pattern |
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A cool pattern of sunlight on his shell |
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Curtain of sunlight |
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It's hard to see the turtle coming at me, but the sunlight makes a cool curtain in the water |
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A cool up close shot |
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A neat up close shot of a turtle |
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Another turtle |
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Hard to pick my favorite |
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Reflection |
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I keep trying for the perfect relection shot. This isn't it, but it's getting closer |
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Looking back |
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A shot back toward the shore of wailea as I was snorkeling |
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Whale tail |
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A cool shot of a whale's tail going down |
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Makena panorama |
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A panorama of Big Beach at Makena |
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Love! |
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Someone laid down this little "Love" message in coral on the lava passage between big beach and little beach almost every morning |
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