We went to Makawao and Komoda Bakery was open (first time!). It was still raining pretty hard so Gene ran in himself while I stayed dry in the car. We had heard about their great doughnuts and cream puffs so he bought 2 of each. The doughnuts are on a stick and are nothing more than fat fried, sugary doughnuts. I had one bite. The cream puff are so-so. Gene enjoyed all of them.
We then headed to Kula to the Lavendar Farm. The rain had stopped but the mist was everywhere. It reminded us both of walks we had taken through the English countryside with our cousin Keith Mossman and his 5 dogs.
We met our friends Dan and Chris and had the cart tour with Alii Chang, the owner. If you are going to go up to the farm you gotta reserve a tour with Alii. He is a fascinating person who has such passion for what he does - farming lavender. He has over 40 varieties on the farm but only 9 were in bloom at this time. It is protea season and the proteas were everywhere.
Alii took us up to one of his gazebos where 2 artists-in-residence were - Hiroshi Tagami & Michael Powell. Their work is beautiful and they are really interesting artists - they just moved to Kula from Kahalu'u! We stayed and chatted with them for quite awhile -Hiroshi did a chant that gave us chicken skin - the mist began moving in - and it was soon time to go.
It was a wonderful day at the farm...and I was able to stock up on my lavender products!
We checked into our room at Wailea Marriott - fantastic room!
At 6:30 we met Dan and Chris at Nick's Fishmarket for dinner where my cousin Trey treated us like royalty and comped more than $200 off our bill. he is the best!
Me and Trey
Me and Jackie (Trey's girlfriend)
Our favorite flaming dessert
We left early the next morning. 22 hours on Maui was just what we needed!
