Maui

Kerrie and I went on a last minute trip to Maui in early December . The idea to go was spurred on by the realization that I was very close to gold status on Alaska Airlines frequent flier program (which would mean a lot of bonus miles next year) so we took advantage a last minute fare for me, frequent filer miles for Kerrie, and Hotwire for the hotel. We were there for five nights and relaxed mightily.

Our hotel gave us each a lei on our arrival


View of a sunset from our room


We drove up Haleakala volcano and this is looking into the crater (there's a live webcam, too)


Our hotel had very cool lights in their trees out front