Aloha from Maui guys.

[SMcNeill]

nice shots! have you seen the volcano(es) yet?

Just the extinct ones on Maui, it would have been over $500 to island hop to the big island to see the current ones. just not in the budget this time. maybe in 5 years we'll go back and stay on the big island instead. Could just wait about 50,000 years for the new island to reach the surface of the ocean....

Nice big sleepy turtle came on the beach to take a nap, had a nice gash in its shell where it must have hit the rocks, Hoping the girl was ok as she was still on the beach the next day when we left. Typically I guess they only stay on the beach for several hours then back to the water. Saw a total of 3 turtles on the beach; miss T219, this lady here who didn't have markings and miss T287




Maybe next time I'll find a cheaper hotel and stay longer. At $1000 a day the place we stayed this time, while nice, took over half our budget.

At $1000.00 a day, I'd invest in renting a RV and taking out a 30 day trial membership at the local YMCA.  Could park the RV at the YMCA and sleep every night, and then use their bathrooms and showers.  I imagine you'd get by with a cost of $100 a day for the RV rental, and less than $100 for the total month of YMCA usage.  (Even better, if your wife would let you get away with it, get a $19.99 per day UHaul rental and sleep in it.  My wife and I honestly did that on our honeymoon when we went down to Daytona for our honeymoon back in the day.)