off da grid on maui: three day retreat at camp ulupalakua, featuring ono grinds, a solar + propane heated hot tub soak, solar + diesel generated tunes, 6 dogs, 1 horse, 2 pigs, + 2 petes. when you're spending most of your time in or around the ocean, it's good to take the opportunity to get the perspective of some elevation, put some distance between yourself + sea level. we took the crazy interisland airfare-wars as just such an opportunity, got tickets to maui for $42 each on island air. our vacation from our vacation was like a weekend at the cabin, soaking up the powerful mana on the ridge of the most recent eruption of haleakala, which is not surprisingly now the home of hawaiian superman petie-john + his man [also a pete] ... tom-A-hawk even got to play some guitar! the view was pure country, of the la perouse lava fields with kahoolawe looking like a floating island in the lavender sunsets - at night it went completely dark, not a single city light to be seen. petie whipped up some roots local teri chicken + potato-mac salad one night, we took him out for a big piece of local beef at the ulupalakua ranch store, and grabbed a huge take-out ahi patty sandwich plate at da kitchen right before we got back on our de havilland dash 8 prop plane. got back to the condo in waikiki with sand from little beach still on my toes [and maybe a few other places] ... aloha nui loa + much mahalos pete + pete! maui no ka oi !!!