Aloha Friday is the mainland’s equivalent of TGIF, and it was pretty good for us yesterday.
Friday was our first venture out of the beautiful beaches of Ka’anapali to beaches up north in Kapalua. We originally hoped to get to both D. T. Fleming Beach Park and also Kapalua Beach, but only go to the first one.
D. T. Fleming Beach Park was nice in many aspects. It was smaller than Ka’anapali, which we expected, and it was a lot less crowded for a late Thursday morning. It was a gorgeous day, with the sun beating down and heating the golden sand almost making it too hot to walk on with your bare feet. The only drawback weather-wise was that the winds had picked up rather briskly for much of the time we were there.
The water was nice, though, and the waves were a little bigger than we had seen in Ka’anapali, but that didn’t stop people (Cindy included) from heading out in the ocean to cool off and enjoy the water. We stayed for little over an hour before we packed up and moved on.
We headed south again to try and find Kapalua Beach, but didn’t have the best of luck. We found Kapalua without a problem, yet after driving around for a little bit, didn’t see any clear signs for where to head out to the beach. It was a very nice drive and some stunning views and villas, and we’ll likely give it a more educated try next week.
Heading back to our hotel, we stopped at a Subway in Napili and grabbed a few sandwiches that we enjoyed on our lanai outside our room. It was a good chance to cool off and freshen up before heading out to Lahaina for the evening.
Our Lahaina plans for the evening consisted of a stop at the Cannery, and stroll down through Lahaina down (Starbucks included) and then heading out to the Taste of Lahaina over at the recreation area. It was a nice, small festival with about two dozen food booths set up, a kid zone with games and activities, a beer garden (which we passed on) and a stage with live music. It was a fun evening with a lot of people from across the island coming to celebrate, making it not too much of a tourist activity and therefore had more of a true island feel.
It is a two night affair, but we’ll likely pass on the second night and opt for something more quiet and local and enjoy more of the atmosphere of the beach and stars.
That’s all for Friday.
