Sunrise over Haleakula, napping and lazing by the pool, lame distillery “tour”

Got up at 3 to go to Haleakala, which meant more driving twisting hilly roads in the dark. We got there a little after 5 , so we had plenty of time before the sunrise at 6:45. Most of the show is actually before the sun rises, as the light slowly fills the sky. We knew it would be cold up there and we dressed warm, but freezing winds still made us cold., The sunrise was spectacular, and glad we got to experience it, even with the early wake up and cold. On the way back we stopped at Komoda bakery for cream puffs and masaladas, which Kendal recommended. I liked the cream puffs but Deb didn’t care for them. Back at the hotel we took a nap then went to lunch at Spoon and Key-where the woman taking our order complimented Deb's nails. We went back to the hotel and spent the rest of the afternoon laying around the pool.

We then went to Organic Ocean Distillery for a tour and tasting. This was pretty much a disaster as at first were given no or vague directions “Meet you on the other side “- we are inside a shop, where is the other side? It was raining pretty good, so instead of walking around the property we just went to an outside bar and basically just had a tasting. We were the only 2 people and our host David, in his 5th week, was terrible. He basically just recited a memorized script and his low taking monotone made any little jokes he threw in fall flat. At one point he asked us if we were staying in the West or South part of the island. Since where we were staying was both South and West of where we were I didn't know how to answer that . David needs to learn that his guests are not locals most of the time . Deb was really just there for the tour, so this was kind of doomed from the start, but he did nothing to save it for her.

We then headed back to the hotel. We went to Matteo's Osteria, right behind the hotel, for dinner. We didn't have a reservation, so we ate at the bar. It was pretty good Italian food, then it was basically time for bed after a really long day.