My folks lived in Hawaii many, many years ago. Dad had been drafted & was set to go to Vietnam. He was in Hawaii for jungle training & ended up getting a medical reassignment to a desk job at Pearl Harbor. He & my mom lived there in the very earliest years of their marriage & loved the islands so much.

We were lucky enough to be able to visit several times, the first time I was about 14 or so. Maui was our favorite island - Maui nō ka ‘oi. On one trip we visited Lahaina. The banyan tree was amazing.

I'm so sorry, Maui.