A Rambling Writer Rerun: (Almost) Escaping Holiday Madness
Ready to escape the holiday frenzy?
Time travel with me back to 2015, when Thor and I escaped a chunk of the pre-Christmas-holiday hype, which started in Bellingham, WA, before Thanksgiving. Thor had come home from the grocery store with a glazed look in his eyes after the third rendition of Muzak “Jingle Bell Rock.” Heading straight to the computer, he booked us a pre-Christmas getaway to the sunny isle of Maui, where the holidays, like the inhabitants, are mostly mellow.
The land of Aloha welcomed these shivering escapees from the Pacific Northwest rainy gloom with sunny skies, clear blue-green sea, and softly swaying palm trees, all needing no adornment beyond the colorful hibiscus and bougainvillea blooms. We immediately headed to Makena Beach for the Sunday afternoon/evening drumming and fire-dancers. Our best escape from the madding crowd, however, is always the sea itself, and we spent every day snorkeling and swimming with the sweet “Honu” turtles and colorful fish, or playing in the waves with a boogie board.
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2 thoughts on “A Rambling Writer Rerun: (Almost) Escaping Holiday Madness”
We loved the drummers on Little Beach. Haven’t been back in a while but I hear that the beach has been “regulated”.
Yes, on the last couple of trips, the invasion of unruly, drunken people had started. I’d still like to return to check it out, as it was a great beach for boogie boarding, playing in the waves, and generally basking.