Roost Air Lounge => General Discussion => Topic started by: Mike on February 21, 2006, 08:34:13 PM
Title: Maui!
Post by: Mike on February 21, 2006, 08:34:13 PM
Yes, my friends! A well deserved vacation. It's awesome!
I will be tuning in every now and then because we have some merchandising deal going, but mainly I'll be snorkeling, sailing, swimming and drinking beer!!! ;) I'll be back in a week!
ALOHA!
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: Sleek-Jet on February 21, 2006, 08:57:19 PM
Wait... there is a flag on the play... let's go down to the field and listen in...
Upon further review... Illegal vacation to an exotic local... player will need to buy everyone beer for the next year and not boast about his tan or the women he met on his trip... 20 yard penalty... still first down....
;D ;D
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: Frank N. O. on February 21, 2006, 10:05:07 PM
Have a great time Mike :) Just out of the thing that killed the cat: How do you like flying with someone else as PIC (Pilot In Command)?
Greetings Frank
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: fireflyr on February 22, 2006, 03:28:47 PM
MAUI !!!!!
Yes, some folks have all the fun. I couldn't take a vacation trip this winter because I wasted all my money on silly things like bills, food, housing----I need to prioritize my spending.
Have fun my friend cause next summer is going to be a big one (we hope).
Jim
PS---it is NOT oregano---DO NOT bring any home with you!
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: chuckar101 on February 22, 2006, 06:23:11 PM
Have a good one Mike and I agree with firefly it will be a big one(fingers crossed)
Title: where the legends go to die. . .
Post by: Mike on February 23, 2006, 07:34:05 AM
Thanks guys!
I stumbled onto this one by accident, but I have to admit I was humbled by it and visited the site which by the way is beautiful! This is where I would like to be buried...
and Here is a riddle for all you hardcore aviators out there:
Which famous person died and is buried in Maui, Hawai'i ??
I have to say, I would have never guessed it...
pictures will from my "pilgramidge" will follow!
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: Stef on February 23, 2006, 10:54:17 AM
Who? Pray, tell us! Who?!?!?! Alexander the Great? Napoleon? Mozart? Frank Sinatra?!
Title: Re: where the legends go to die. . .
Post by: Sleek-Jet on February 23, 2006, 02:11:25 PM
I stumbled onto this one by accident, but I have to admit I was humbled by it and visited the site which by the way is beautiful! This is where I would like to be buried...
and Here is a riddle for all you hardcore aviators out there:
Which famous person died and is buried in Maui, Hawai'i ??
I have to say, I would have never guessed it...
pictures will from my "pilgramidge" will follow!
Charles Lindbergh.... ;D
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: Gulfstream Driver on February 23, 2006, 04:41:24 PM
That's correct!! WOW! Did you look that up or is this common knowledge among stuck wing drivers? Sure proves the man has been around and seen places, cause let me tell you..... ...what a spot!!! Like I promised, pictures will follow shortly!
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: fireflyr on February 24, 2006, 10:34:40 AM
One would have to believe it's comman knowledge but only to airplane drivers, groundpounders don't know, don't care.
Anybody know what astronaut is buried in the punchbowl on Oahu?
Jim
Title: Re: where the legends go to die. . .
Post by: Sleek-Jet on February 24, 2006, 02:38:40 PM
That's correct!! WOW! Did you look that up or is this common knowledge among stuck wing drivers? Sure proves the man has been around and seen places, cause let me tell you..... ...what a spot!!! Like I promised, pictures will follow shortly!
I actually had a pretty good idea that's who it was... about 95% sure... 5% guess... ;D
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: fireflyr on February 26, 2006, 01:34:27 AM
Mike where did you stay== I'm looking at December vacation to Maui
Jim
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: FlyingBlind on February 26, 2006, 08:46:28 PM
Maui....goddamn lucky man :D I got shipped to Iraq and you shipped yourself to a nice and quiet place with many many gorgeous half-nekkid girls....you lucky dog, i envy you :D
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: Mike on February 26, 2006, 08:54:31 PM
Mike where did you stay== I'm looking at December vacation to Maui
Jim
I am at the Hyatt in Lahaina. I can highly recommend it if you want to be pampered although it's kind of pricey. I would however stay in Lahaina no matter which hotel you go for. There is so much to do and you can run into town from here. The beaches on the south side are not as easy to get to and you have to drive everywhere.... I'll give you more info soon, ok?!
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: fireflyr on February 26, 2006, 11:33:53 PM
Pricey? Hmmpff---it's a second honeymoon trip with my wife (of course) ....
I suggest you have a good time on this one and leave the wife at home... ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: FlyingBlind on February 27, 2006, 07:44:46 PM
Indeed mate :)
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: fireflyr on February 27, 2006, 09:45:59 PM
Gee, why didn't I think of that!!!! ???
I'll tell you why----She's an Orthopedic Surgical Assistant which simply means she makes enough money that I can fly for a living (almost an oxymoron) and take 9 months off and play house daddy------thay's why. 8)
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: Mike on February 28, 2006, 08:55:32 PM
If that's the case, then do take her to the Hyatt!! It's great. You have three restaurants there and many more within walking distance. A drive to Lahaina (with more stuff to check out and fancy dining, it's a dreamy little town that used to be an old Whalers harbor) is only 5 min away. The hotel feels nice and not crowded even if it's full and it looks awesome at night. Get a room with ocean view, and make sure it's not one with few of the pool and too close to it (i.e. first 3 floors). I can really recommend it! My woman loved it!!
Another nice one is the Fairmont Kai Lea. But it has only one beach which is sort of in a cove and you'd have to drive further into the next town. It's more a golfing sort ot resort I think (that's how it looks like).
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: fireflyr on February 28, 2006, 10:57:17 PM
;D OHMYGOSH, you TOOK a woman with you?
Heck I thought you ate, slept, and breathed helicopters, didn't know you needed anything else out of life!
Seriously though, thanks for the tip.
We're spending a ton anyway so I want everything to be near perfect. Who knows, I might get lucky!!! ;)
Title: Charles Lindberg
Post by: Mike on March 03, 2006, 05:20:23 AM
Here are the pictures as promised. Beautiful place, huh?
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: Gulfstream Driver on March 03, 2006, 06:15:10 AM
I guess I always assumed Lindbergh was born in Little Falls, MN. I learned something today.
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: FlyingBlind on March 03, 2006, 02:20:45 PM
It is :) it is a very beutiful place..
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: Firegirl on March 03, 2006, 10:29:30 PM
Pretty!
Show us more! Is it at the beach? I love Maui...
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: Mike on March 04, 2006, 03:16:34 AM
Actually it IS at the beach. Here is the view from his grave towards the ocean:
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: fireflyr on March 04, 2006, 03:52:33 AM
Too bad dead people can't see anything----would have been better to bulid a condo on the site, I don't care where they bury my butt---won't matter, I'll be dead. Nice graveyards are so the folks that are still living can enjoy themselves when they come "visit". My dad was a mortician---all this burial stuff is crap to put money in the undertakers pocket. Mike, when I croak, if you're around, buy an extra round of drinks instead of sending flowers--at least you'll have a hangover to associate with my memory and that's enough revenge to make me happy in the "hereafter"!
The "experienced aviator"
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: Mike on March 04, 2006, 04:39:02 AM
Excellent point Jim!! I feel the same way! I don't care what happens after I go and you bet I am gonna pay for an extra round for you rather than flowers!!!
The way the story goes is that he did build a house in Kipahulu, Maui and lived there for the last 6 years of his life. He eventually got some cancer (lymphosarcoma?? or something) and went to New York for treatments. Things weren't looking good and he only had a short time to live when he went back to Hawaii claiming "I would rather spend two days alive in Maui than two months alive here in New York!" (an excellent point I might add). So they flew him back there on a stretcher. I heared he even designed his own coffin and "got ready". I probably should have mentioned that part of the story. I can see myself spend the last couple of my years on an island drinking wine and relaxing.... It proofs he has travelled enough around the world to find himself a good place.
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: fireflyr on March 04, 2006, 09:57:17 AM
Nice place--enough Gloomy Gus---Let's have some fun!!!!!!!!! 8)
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: Mike on March 04, 2006, 06:27:25 PM
Have I mentioned yet that there are nude beaches in Maui as well? (speaking of "let's have some fun")
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: FlyingBlind on March 04, 2006, 10:08:10 PM
Im going to cry now :(
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: fireflyr on March 05, 2006, 04:45:53 PM
NUDE BEACHES!!!!!! :o OH MAMA, time to hit the tanning parlor and start dreaming. ::)
Last time I was at a nude beach I kept hearing the girls remarking that the water must be really cold as I walked by----HMMMM whatever could they have meant? ???
Gotta lose a few pounds too, had my shoes shined the other day and I had to take the kids word for it! :D
Title: Re: Maui!
Post by: Gulfstream Driver on March 06, 2006, 06:18:01 AM
