Update From Hawaii

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Well the 5 hour time change is taking some adjustment. It reminds me of my tirp to Australia/ New Zealand a few years back.

The flight was okay and upon arriving I found myself catching up with family. Oh I had to make my first order of business a trip to the liquor store for some coffee, murphy's irish stout tall boys, corona, and a nice big bottle of Macallan 12.

Sunday morning I woke up at 130 AM to catch a van to up to the top of the Volcano here on Maui to watch the sun rise and ride a bike back down to the bottom (10000 ft to sea level in 30 miles, wow) I broke out an opus robusto for my first cigar of the trip to watch the spectacular view but was notified that it is illegal to smoke a cigar in a national park. :shame: Not sure if the ranger was telling the truth but I had to put it out halfway through. The sunrise was well worth the early morning wakeup and I took a nap when I got home this afternoon.

Tonight I spent with my cousin who is just getting into cigar smoking. It is great getting his feet wet but he likes the strong stuff so I broke out a few diplomas over a cup off coffee while we saw the sunset. The night took off from there with my uncle and friends. I brought a few extra smokes so everyone enjoyed. I personally finished my night with several glasses of scotch, a diploma, Davidoff Millenium, and Cusano C10.

Tomorrow morning I am going to hang by the pool and just relax. I am thinking a short story, coffee, and morning paper will be in order when I get up :D
 
Macallen, I love the story, thanks for taking me there with you. We need to shake up things at the Park Service. For you to not be able to smoke in an outdoor area is B.S. as is the prohibition of legal posseesssion of firearms within a park. These are the same azzhats that started one of the worst fires in history as a "controlled" burn.
 
I can confirm from my experience that it is in fact illegal to smoke in a national park. I've tried before, and was pointed to a nice big sign that said I couldn't.
 
enjoy the trip Macallan, sounds like it is and will be a great trip. I'm going to put myself in a box and send myself overnight to you via fedex. Pm me your hotel address please.
 
It's ILLEGAL to smoke in a NATIONAL PARK?

:eek:mg: :eek:mg: :dunno: :dunno: :duh: :duh: :duh:

Could you repeat that? :dunno:

Martha, I'm sure you heard wrong. There's no way you can't go into a place where there are several hundred thousand, even perhaps millions of acres of beautiful outdoor beauty, and not light up a cigar, cigarette :bigpuke: or something else :sm_angel: and enjoy it to your heart's content.

Martha, DON'T ARGUE WITH ME, the gentleman said "watch out, there's an eagle nearby in the park." I KNOW that's what he said, and that's final. :argh: :grumble:
 
Day 3

Woke up this morning and took a nice run down the beach. After a run and a swim I lit up a hemmingway short story and enjoyed a nice cup of coffe. (thanks for the suggestion thor) I found this to be a great early morning combo. Then off the beach with the nephews. Around noon I took off and tried my hand at surfing. Not easy let me tell you. After two hours I only got on the board three times but I had a great time trying.

Finished the night with fireworks and a camacho liberty 2005. This was my second one. I thought the first was just okay but the one I had tonight was one of the best smokes I have had in some time. I thought I wold not like the connecticut broadleaf maduro wrapper as my favorite part of the camacho cigars is the corojo wrapper. What a great finish to the night. Talk to you guys tomorrow.
 
Hey Mac! Great to hear you are enjoying yourself! Glad to see you represent with a 12 year bottle of Macallen! We enjoyed a bottle of the 12 during our fireworks display with some friends. He hates scotch, but managed to enjoy every glass of the 12 year I poured him... Sucker!! :D Take care and relax for all of us, I can tell you the next several months for me are going to be very stressful, but I get a break for labor day with a beach house in the Outer Banks North carolina.

Take care, good hearing from you,
Paul
 
Day 4

Eclipse, Glad to hear we like to relax in the same fashion. Today was fun. We hit a snorkling trip and I got to swim with some endangered turtles. Think I will try my hand at Marlin fishing tomorrow.

Mid afternoon I enjoyed a La Fontana Vintage. What a great cigar. I hear guys lately talking about Bacarrat. If you like baccarat you need to try these. Same maker but much better.

Tonight: Finished my evening with a perfeccion X Opus. Another homerun. Cant wait for another short stroy and coffee in the morning.
 
Mac,
If you've never Marlin fished, you have to try! What a great day enjoying a series of cold beverages, smoking great sticks, and hopefully latching into one of the most amazing fighting fish ever! If you get to even watch a fight it's amazing, let alone if you are fighting it! Hope all goes well for you! My ride home stick today is a Bolivar regent....Mmmmmm.

Enjoy your day!
 
woohoo!
sounds like a fun vaca!
After just coming back from a long weekend...I'm ready for a vacation :lol:
 
Day 5

Lazy day today. Smoke a short story and a cien anos corona. Both fantastic. However, I found evidence that someone has been smoking my cigars and drinkiny my scotch. Not sure who it is but I just wish they would have asked.

Well off to bed. 5AM wakeup for my first day of big game fishing.
 
Good luck with those Marlins!

Cigar thief? Scotch thief? sonofabitch!!!

Asking would be nice.....

I love a short story in the morning with some coffee! That is one of my favorite pairings
 
No fish caught but I got a little woozy on the boat. It was rough out there. Then I got home and wipped out. No cigars today :(

But tomorrow is my last day and I am planning on hanging by the pool with my humidor the whole time.
 
Mac! Sorry to hear the marlin got the best of you! That happens often when chasing the big fish! Enjoy your day by the pool, and smoke a few for me!!

Take care,
Paul