Maui

Day 9

Last day.

I wanted to keep this statue

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Day 8

I love my pies

I liked this mirror

Big brother and little brother

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Day 7

Went hiking today

The path towards the top

The top

Worth the hike in the mud

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Day 6

"Want a drink?"

"Ok"

Another fine evening

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Day 5

Road to the best snorkeling




The spot. The dark patch in the center of the bay were thousands of mackerel in a school.

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Day 4 pt 2

Party time by the ocean

Soft sunset

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Day 4

The plan: wake up at 3am do the 2 hour drive to Haleakala and watch the sunrise over the clouds in heaven.

It was actually still quite dark at this time.

The cheap seats

Sun peeking through now.

Loved the clouds traversing the volcano

Fluffy

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Day 3

Love these trees. Insert hammock.




Sunset




This must get real old for him.




Dinner

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Day 2

Smallest tabasco ever

Started off overcast

I wish everyone would of gone away for this pic, except the girl.

View from our patio.

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Day 1

I go to Hawaii every year courtesy of Valve. This year was Maui.

About to land. Nice to see blue skies for a change.

View from hotel.

Our hotel had an interesting style of architecture. Not sure what I would call it.

Ocean, cigar, my bud is in paradise

Dinner

How To Eat Pt. 3

Willow's Inn

2 hrs from Seattle and easily top 5 meals of all time. One sitting each day, and a tiny group at that. If you ever get the chance, do not hesitate to try this place out.

Getting ready for the meal.

A drink to start

Atmosphere = good lighting

Smoke courtesy of the smoker.

Meal starts with the menu for the evening

Sunflower root smoked for 10 hours with moss in a cedar box. One of the most memorable scents ever, and it tasted just as good.

Smoked steelhead roe, maple syrup sherry cream, fried crepe with chives. So amazing.

Baked Kale, black truffle puree and toasted rye. So original and delicious

Shigoku oysters in sauerkraut juice, tapioca pearls and sorrel. Was nice, but the only thing that I ate here that didn't blow me away.

Shiitake mushrooms marinated in shiitake juice and grilled over fire. The best mushroom I've ever had in my life.

Scallop with cream, dill oil and water cress. So balanced and perfectly executed.

Organic grains, watercress emulsion, geoduck, beach peas, St. john's wort and sedum. I was astonished how good this was.

The view from our window

The salmon to ruin all salmons. Smoked over green elderwood pictured earlier. Eaten with fingers. So. Damn. Good.

Smoked mussels, green onion, with wild onion flowers and bread crumbs. This dish would have went amazing with whiskey. It was so good.

Bread service. Chicken drippings, rustic bread. THE BEST.

Stewed stinging nettles, fresh cheese, salmon berry flowers, miner's lettuce. Amazing. Really something special.

Deep fried halibut skin with razor clams and seaweed powder. I could eat these forever.

This is where Tomo stopped instagraming so I have no idea what I ate

We're onto dessert. From what I can recall it was a nettle broth with a creamy sorbet of something. It was also one of the tastiest and lightest desserts I've ever had.

Sweet potato, meringue, and some other tasty things that I've forgotten.

Caramel and some other tasty bits. I am nothing without Tomo's descriptions

One of the best meals of my life.