Hawaii 2026 // Day 10 - Maui

 

Wednesday, June 17, 2026 // Day 10

Today was a pretty chill day - I haven’t had many of those this trip (tbf, I never really do in general!) 

Aaron and I went down to Mala Ocean Tavern for breakfast. We had noticed it when we went to dinner last night and wanted to check it out.

We went just after 8 when it opened and were seated right away, despite not having a reservation. They serve a brunch menu from 8-2 which has everything from pancakes to fish and chips. They seem to be known for their Ube hot bread with honey butter so we got that as a starter. It was so yummy! And purple! I would like for all of my bread to be purple henceforth.

I also tried the root beer from Maui Brewing Company. t was fine, but it doesn't come close to comparing to Lakeview root beer!

I ordered the French toast with strawberries, blueberries, coconut syrup, and ube ice cream. I demolished every last bite which NEVER happens! Aaron got the Loco Moco - 8 oz. Burger patty, two eggs, white rice, mushroom gravy, and furikake. It was A LOT and he ended bringing half of it back to the house.

We hopped into the ABC store in the mall where we parked so I could look for a few things before heading back to the house - including a tube for the pool! On our walk to the store, we saw so many chicks! There are chickens everywhere in Hawaii. Because I like having answers to my questions, I looked up why this chicken phenomenon was occuring, and apparently the answers is two-fold. The chicken population began when the Polynesian people brought over a relative of the chicken 1,000 years ago. Then, in the 1800s, chickens were brought over to live on the sugarcane and pineapple plantations. In 1982 and 1992 two hurricanes struck Hawaii, destroying thousands of chicken coops and releasing the chickens into the wild where they mated with the original wild junglefowl descended from the ones the Polynesian people brought to the islands.

The rest of the day I spent reading! In the hammock…by the pool…in the pool….in bed. I started a 467 page book and I was bound and determined to finish it! (I did! At midnight...)

Aaron’s parents made sloppy joe’s for lunch and after his brother and sister-in-law arrived we grilled for dinner. I partially regret not "doing something" today, but I always feel like I need a vacation after my vacations to relax, so it was good to have some built in rest days this week. 

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