The Sun is an amazing thing, especially here on Maui. We all had a bit too much of her today. The day started with getting up island to a beach where Lori and Jag could wrap up their certification by 8am. They had 3 dives to do today. Ty and I dropped them and went to breakfast. Next up was a couple surf shops and an art festival outside where Ty found a necklace for Maddie. We then grabbed breakfast for Jag and Lori and headed back.
While they were diving, Ty and I went snorkeling. At one point, Ty was above Jagger and yelled at him and surprisingly, they heard him! Eventually they had their third dive done and passed all the tests. Their last dive was 50 feet deep which is deep! Michelle is going to try to find some time to get me wrapped up before we leave as my ear seems better.
Afterwards we had lunch in Lahaina and then headed back to the house and relaxed at the pool. Soon it was 4:30 and we got cleaned up to go see my close friend of 48 years, Jeffrey, play at a bar down in Kihei. Jeffrey is one of the best guitar players on the planet, no exaggeration. He’s also known as the Guitar Doctor and coincidently, recently worked on a couple of Kirks, (Metallica) guitars. Kirk lives here in Hawaii. Small World. Anyhow, Jeff’s played with everyone from Fleetwood Mac to, well, just about everyone, doing studio work on albums. We met when I was 19 and we both worked at a guitar store in Seattle. We’ve been good friends ever since. We’ll see him in the next few days for lunch too.
Lori was really tired so we stayed for a set and then hung out for his break. Pete, who he plays with gave me some local Maui herb for the family, in case anyone needed any. We drove home and were in bed by 9. I’m sure someone will put it to good use.
Today I think we’re headed to the North Shore and Paia. We love Paia and always go when here. I think we’ll bbq at the pool tonight. We’re all going to try to stay out of the sun for at least a day. That’s it, here’s a few pics, more to come, God Bless.
Fresh coconuts Carlos got out of a tree for us!
Our pool, waterfall and all that the boys love jumping off of into the pool!
My good friend Jeffrey, he’s always been an amazing player and we had some great times, lots we can’t talk about, ha. And we’re the same age! More to come.