The restaurant that I work for was closed all day yesterday for our Christmas Party. All of the employees were invited on a day trip to Lanai, one of our sister islands, chartered by Trilogy, one of the best catamaran fleets on Maui.
The last time I was on Lanai was for a brief moment during a snorkel trip in 2008. Bryan has never been, and I was ecstatic that I was allowed to bring him. Originally, no guests were allowed on our Christmas trip, but we had room on the boat, and my managers told me I could bring him if I wanted.
Bryan and I woke up at the ungodly hour of 7:30 in the morning, got our belongings together and met up for breakfast at Pioneer Inn at the Lahaina Harbor.
As we were wolfing down eggs and toast, several of the restaurant employees stumbled in and ordered Bloody Marys before checking in with Trilogy.
At 8:30 we all checked in. The restaurant had booked two Trilogy catamarans to shuttle all of us there and back. As we were loading onto the boats, the restaurant managers handed out different colored tank tops to designate all the employees into five teams for all the relay games on the island.
The ride over was smooth. I love being out on the water, and I hope to find several more opportunities to get out on some boats this winter!
I didn't see any whales close up on our trip out there, but I saw a few spout from a long ways off.
Once we arrived on the island we all trailed down to the beach. It was a wide gorgeous strip of soft sand curving around the quiet bay of super clear ocean. There was not a lot of time to kick back and relax because we got divided into our teams and competed in relay races.
I sprinted across the beach, I paddled out in the ocean and back, sprinted some more, put my head down on a baseball bat and spun five times, and ran some more. I got some serious exercise in at Lanai yesterday.
Because of all the activities, I didn't take any photos on Lanai. All the following photos are from the trip back to Maui in the afternoon.
Toes!
Sun setting above Lanai
The second Trilogy catamaran with the other half of the restaurant employees
Cruising back home
Captains at the helm
Trilogy flags! Not windy enough to let loose the sails though.
Maui ahead of us
Coming back home!
Horseplay on the catamaran
Coming back into the harbor
Just some of the boys
Front Street from the ocean
Lahaina Harbor
It was an amazing day at Lanai, and I hope to go back soon. There is a ferry that you can take that will shuttle you to the island and back. I'll have to check on rates. I think it's worth the ticket for such a fun day trip.
I can't wait to go back!
But I must say, going back into work this evening was brutal. My entire body is sore from head to toe from all the strenuous relay racing!
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