But it's not over yet. We must have been anxious to get started because we were up at 5:30 am. There was supposed to be a front coming in and when we went out on the lanai, we could already see that it was cooler and a little windy. We weren't sure what this would do to our snorkel plans.
We went down to the beach right at 7:00 am and saw the red flag indicating rough conditions. But just because it was rough on Wailea beach didn't necessarily mean it would be rough everywhere right?
Well if it is rough on Wailea beach, the Four Seasons won't give you any snorkel gear. The lady explained there was a current and said to give it a while to see if it calmed down.
So we went down to Duo's for breakfast. It was really chilly too as it was windy and I just had on my swimsuit with a coverup. I sipped my smoothie while Ben ate breakfast. I was getting a case of the blues. This wasn't looking like a very good last day.
After breakfast, we went down to the beach again but the conditions had not changed. We tried to sit by the beach for awhile and saw a rainbow.
It was too cool for me to sit outside so we decided to make other plans. We didn't have our phones with us so we went back to the room to check out the conditions Upcountry to see if we could go there. Ben found a really good weather website for Upcountry which said it was raining. Ok, so that's out.
We finally just decide to go to Ulua Beach and hang out even if we couldn't snorkel. So we pack our beach bag and grab some towels from the Four Seasons and head down there on the beach path.
This turned out to be one of my favorite beaches. It was pretty with only moderate waves. We played in the waves for awhile.
The next beach, Mokapu, was just a short walk over so after a bit, we walked there.
I took a picture of the Andaz.
After a little while, the wind kicked up and blew sand on us so we decided to walk back to Wailea beach. We wanted to sit out on Wailea beach but the Four Seasons wouldn't put the umbrellas up because of the wind. There was no way Ben could be out on the beach all day with no shade. And even with the front, it had reached 79 degrees. So that meant we had to stay at the pool.
We walked around and finally found one lonely pool cabana on the very end of a back row. We pooled and hot tubbed it all day and split a cheeseburger for lunch. The hot tub felt great since the wind was a little chilly for me.
The Four Seasons comes around with all kinds of snacks and treats during the day. One of the treats is cool towels and cucumbers. I put mine in my water and made cucumber water. Ben did this:
Around 3:00 pm, I looked over at him and saw how red he was and told him we needed to go. Stick a fork in Ben, he's done! We went upstairs and showered and I watched some college football and packed (*sniff*) until it was time for the Great Dinner Debate. We must have looked up a half a dozen Wailea restaurants on Yelp but couldn't decide on anything.
We both wanted to see the Fairmont Kea Lani so we finally decided to just have pupus and cocktails in their Luana Lounge. I told Ben we couldn't miss our last sunset, so we walked over to Polo Beach.
As we walked up after sunset, we saw the Fairmont's tiki lighting ceremony beginning. The Four Seasons also had this ceremony but I was never able to get a good picture of it.
I liked the grounds of the Fairmont. I loved the lush greenery and the tiki torches.
I also liked the Luana Lounge as it was open air with a little bit of a view.
We started with sushi and cocktails. I got the Blue Wailea which is their version of a Blue Hawaiian. It matched my mood I guess. It was all just Ok, nothing was great. I wished we had just gone back to Monkeypod. But I was happy to have gotten to see the resort.
We had the Four Seasons come and get us since it was after dark now. We looked at the Lobby Bar when we got back but I just wasn't in the mood. So Ben said, let's go up to our room and drink the rest of our champagne on the lanai. So that is what we did with our last evening. One last toast to Maui, and to talk about what a wonderful trip it had been.
Tomorrow is departure day but we were determined to make the most of it.
