October 18, 2018
It’s 9:15 p.m. ship’s time as I begin this and we are supposed to pull alongside at 9:15 a.m. We dock at Kahului and will pick up our car around 11. From there the plans are to drive to Iao Valley where there is a beautiful park. Then it’s on to the city of Lahaina where we will do some exploring. There are, of course, many shops and restaurants, and I’m sure we’ll sample some. There is also a train, the Sugar Cane express, that goes off in another direction. All aboard is not until 10:30 tomorrow night, so I’m sure we’ll find a few other things to do before dropping off the car at 8 or before. Someone told us we should get a convertible, but I checked the price of the speciality cars and the rate goes up from our $70 to $250, so I don’t think we’ll be putting the top down.
This was the second of three formal nights. My traveling companion stated that she has worn the same clothes for formal since we started cruising and before we do the transatlantic from Rome in December she’s going to get some new glad rags. I told her I am wearing the same tuxedo I’ve had for thirty years and she just gave me a stare. An unappreciative stare. But I’m not complaining. After all this time, it still fits.
I had filet mignon for supper with Grand Marnier Souffle for dessert which I enjoyed. Mom had a shrimp dish which she described as, “Okay,” which translated means, “Not much.” She said the Melting Chocolate Cake wasn’t much tonight either.
Well, short and sweet tonight. Hopefully we’ll have some good tales for you tomorrow. We are going off by ourselves, but we will not be adventurous.
Until tomorrow.
TTFN
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