Jim: When Larra and I started planning our next trip, I was raring to go. But when I got back to Maui to close up the Surf Shack and arrange my affairs to be gone for four months, I found myself dragging my feet, procrastinating, distracting myself with details, etc. To my surprise, I’m reluctant […]

As of the end of Larra’s third trip to Maui, on May 1, 2016, this is where we’ve traveled together on the island.

Apr 21, 2016 – Jim: My work here on Maui is apparently done. I can move on now. The 250,000 photo views I’ve had on Google took just over a year, and are only photos of Maui. Link to Jim & Larra’s Google+ posts 385,000 views as of September 1, 2016: View Jim’s Photo on […]

April 20, 2016 – Today I took Larra to Life’s a Beach, a pub in downtown Kihei.  The barmaid recommended the Mai Tai Special, which was about a liter of alcohol – it was a wine carafe full. Needless to say, Larra was feeling no pain by the time she finished it. She even made […]

April 19 to May 1 Trip #3 for Larra.

Jim and Larra on New Year’s Eve at the Wailea Grand Resort, Maui.

I tried to take a selfie with Larra, but I couldn’t get us both in the picture. I told Larra it was because she’s too short. I got this shot when she stood on her toes to express her opinion. I’m just now learning to take selfies. I’ve only tried a few times. ROTFLMAO!

December 27, 2015 This is a picture of us at Little Beach,  Maui, December 2015. Since cameras are discouraged at Little Beach, I drew this. Steven Tyler of Aerosmith was one of the many drummers celebrating our wedding with us. Thank you, Steven!

Dec. 24, 2015 Jim and Larra, on our way to dinner at Wolfgang Puck’s, at the Four Seasons on Maui. I agree with Larra, the above cropped photo looks better than the original. What do you think? Leave your comment below. – Thanks! No, I’m not handicapped. That’s a Shaka I’m flashing with my free […]

If you’re in love, you’re in love. When you’ve been together for 16 to 24 hours a day, for 10 days, that’s like 40 dates. And as much as we talked and shared on those dates, plus how much we shared by email over the past six months, we both felt we really, really knew […]

Dec 21 to Jan 6th

Larra tours Makena with a native-style guide. This was the native garb for swimming, surfing, hanging around town, for everything in Hawaii before the Missionaries came. Jim: Today I took Larra around the old abandoned Hawaiian village on the far side of Little Beach. You can’t see it on the aerial photo  because it’s under […]

This afternoon Larra and I went on a snorkeling and whale watching trip with Friendly Charters on the Lani Kai. Larra’s not much of a one for the water, and I thought the water was too cold for swimming, so we stayed on the boat. The water was so clear that we saw coral heads, […]

Jim: By this time Larra and I had been going out for five days. 16-18 hours a day together. If a normal date is 4-5 hours, then we’re on our 15th or 20th date. Larra likes drum circles, and she’d heard about the Sunday night drum circles at Little Beach. So I took her there, […]

The Garden of Eden    

November 5th & 6th, 2015 Larra: One of the things Jim wanted to do, at the beginning of my visit, was to drive around the eastern part of Maui, Haleakala, the dormant volcano, in order to “Get an idea of what Maui really is.” His words. I thought it a great idea, even when he […]

Today we drove out to the end of Kihei Rd., to La Perouse Bay. Jim told me the history of Captain Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, how he came to Hawaii in 1786, and why the bay is named after a Frenchman. He also told me about George Vancouver visiting the area a […]

Jim: I told Larra I was poor, but I don’t think she believed me. She got in last night. Today she saw my Surf Shack under the Plumeria tree, where I stay when I’m here on Maui. NOW she believes! Larra: Jim, when you told me it would be better if I came to Maui […]

After breakfast Jim drove me around the area. First, we drove to the Maalaea Harbor docks, where the Lani Kai dive boat – a boat that Jim does publicity for – would be, if not out working. He said we would go out on the boat next week. We drove to Lahaina, a historic village […]

Did I mention I’m very low key, love sitting on the beach, not real adventuresome, and that I enjoy good conversation with intelligent men? I told him to let me think on that trip to Hana. Jim loves to be the tour guide. He knows the island better than many locals. He is a true […]