Our Trip to Maui-Part 1

SUNDAY MEMORIES

Judy WilLS

REBLOG

In light of the catastrophic fires in Maui recently, I would like to reblog what I wrote about our trip to Maui back in 2004 (I wrote the series in 2013).  I do not want to be flippant about any of this, but this was such a special trip for us, and the devastation of Maui and Lahaina hurts our hearts.  Reblogging this series keeps alive to us the Maui we visited and explored and enjoyed.  I hope my readers will see the beauty of that lovely island along with us.

Here are some pictures of the “before and after” of Lahaina I retrieved from the internet.

Lahaina, Maui before the fires – Credit Google search and Leslie Prètot

Lahaina, Maui after the fires – credit Google search and Leslie Prètot

….Fred’s parents were living in an assisted-living facility in Washington State.  They had thought to make a trip to Maui for a week in a time-share owned by their youngest daughter and her husband, but needed/wanted some of the family to be with them to sort-of keep an eye on them.  Since Fred and I were retired at the time, we volunteered for that job.  

Two weeks before we were scheduled to depart, Fred’s mother, already afflicted with Alzheimer’s Disease, had a major set-back.  She was placed in the Special Care Unit of the facility, where there were trained staff to care for her.

Since Fred’s dad had been caring for her by himself – and he was encouraged not to visit her for a few weeks so she would become adjusted to her new home – we decided to go ahead with our plans.  Frankly, he needed the rest from all that stress.  

So Fred and I flew to Seattle, rented a car and dropped our luggage at the hotel where we would be staying for just one night.  We drove to Shelton, an hour’s drive away, and spent the rest of the day with Fred’s father, sister and her husband.  We three (Fred, his dad, and I) then drove back to Seattle for the night, as our flight out was quite early the next morning.

In spite of being on the West Coast, the non-stop flight was really long to Maui.  We arrived at the Kahului airport in the capital of Maui.

We had arranged for a rental car, picked it up, stopped by the Costco nearby and picked up groceries for the mornings we would be there.  We planned on partaking of all the wonderful island foods for lunches and dinners.

~~~~More to Come~~~~

Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years .

  Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing. Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.

After moving to Central Florida, she served as a church secretary for nearly nine years.Her main hobby at this point in time is scanning pictures and 35mm slides into the computer. She also enjoys scrapbooking.She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren, including grandtwins as well as a great-grandson and a great-granddaughter. She and her husband enjoy the Disney parks as often as possible.

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