Cheeseburger in Paradise

After years of avoiding this tourist trap we decided to visit it after a long morning in the ocean. We called up Dave and Verona to see if they wanted to join but they needed to drive to Costco to get supplies for tomorrow's beach picnic. I asked what Mary was doing and they said staying at home. I offered to take her to lunch and the offer was accepted. Due to her fall Verona was very worried about her mum but I promised to take good care of her. It's funny, Verona is normally the one watching my child and now I was the one doing the watching. Mary met us at the restaurant. I got us seats on the bottom level overlooking the ocean. I can see why people come because the views are amazing, the food however, is just okay. Cool Cats has better hamburgers and its just down the street. They don't have the view though. Regardless, it was fun to go somewhere new and I had a lot of fun talking to Mary. Penny and hubs took off after Penny decided she was done with the place and Mary and I found them in the ice cream shop next door! I thought for sure Mary (who loves ice cream) would get something but she didn't so I took a bite of the rapidly dripping ice cream cup that Penny was coveting. I was under orders to deliver Mary back to the ocean front house that Dave and Verona rented so we did just that. We marveled in the beach front house especially the hammock that overlooks the ocean. Hubs took a nice nap while I took Penny down to the beach. We hadn't planned on going in the ocean and didn't have suits. Luckily, Penny can just wear a swim diaper but she couldn't understand why I couldn't go in. I stayed out of the water for a while but when she made friends with a mom holding her 6 month old baby in the water it was long before she wanted to mimic that situation and demanded to sit on my lap in the water. Faced with this demand how could I say no, so I went in and got soaked. I had a good time despite some old man's remark that "he sees whose boss in my family." Luckily, Mary was kind enough to loan me a cover up so I didn't have to spend the rest of the afternoon uncomfortable in wet clothes. In fact, we were so comfortable with our surroundings that we stayed into the afternoon, stayed for Costco rotisserie chicken dinner and even had the gang watch Penny while we strolled to Lahaina to do a bit of shopping. We found a really cool T-Shirt Shop in town called Tilly Tams. We bought Hubs, Penny, and I a few shirts and hats to take home. Even though we didn't do much we were tired by the time we headed back to the hotel. Penny fell asleep in the car and she didn't wake up when we got her out.