I’ve had quite a few folks comment on how much they’ve enjoyed following along with Cindy and I on our trip via our Maui Twitter page. It’s also been a great experience for me getting so many replies via Twitter for great things to see, do, and eat. Unfortunately, I’ve hit a little setback on the way back from Hana yesterday.
All the fun details will be coming in the Trip Journal, but here’s the short of it for now. I was walking across rocks at the Oheo Gulch on Tuesday when I sorta, well, fell in. We nicknamed it Webnelly Falls (after my twitter handle, @webnelly), and it just happened really fast. Out of pure techie survival instinct, my left hand (holding my Canon Rebel XSi) went straight up in the air, “Statue of Liberty” style and saved my camera. I had my backpack on with more of my camera gear, and luckily I fell forward and spared that as well. Phew.
Not so lucky were items in my pockets, namely the remote entry for the rental car and my 2 year old HTC Mogul smartphone. It was time for a new phone anyway, I was just hoping to do it under my own terms. 
At the moment, I’m contemplating hi-jacking Cindy’s phone just to keep the Twitter updates coming via SMS, but it just won’t be the same as it has been this past week. Mahalo for those that have been participating with your replies, and I’ll do my best to reply back whenever I get a chance to boot up the laptop.
And now, a moment of silence for my phone… just kidding.
I know how you feel. It’s just not the same. Well, at least now you can get the Diamond Pro
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-Alicia
Thinking of waiting until we get back home (maybe Tuesday). There’s only one Sprint store here on Maui, and that’s in the mall near the airport. Can I really go almost an entire week without a phone, text, or email? Shocking!