{"id":2127,"date":"2009-11-24T21:40:37","date_gmt":"2009-11-25T05:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joewelder.com\/?p=2127"},"modified":"2013-08-28T10:51:21","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T17:51:21","slug":"joe-welder-meets-maui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/2009\/11\/24\/joe-welder-meets-maui\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Welder Meets Maui!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a blissful (and action-packed) week for me and my family as we vacationed on the beautiful island of Maui.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2144 alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"IMG00004-20091112-1033\" alt=\"IMG00004-20091112-1033\" src=\"\/blog\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/IMG00004-20091112-10332-300x284.jpg\" width=\"243\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/IMG00004-20091112-10332-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/IMG00004-20091112-10332-1024x970.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/IMG00004-20091112-10332.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even though it was a vacation, I couldn\u2019t resist taking some time to get to know some of the people in the welding industry who live and work right here on this island!<\/p>\n<p>The first stop on our tour was the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southmauichoppers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">South Maui Choppers<\/a>. \u00a0They had some cool <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arlenness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arlen Ness choppers<\/a> available for rent, but they were a bit too bright and shiny for my taste.<\/p>\n<p>After that we cruised on over to <a href=\"http:\/\/cyclecitymaui.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cycle City<\/a> to look at some of the new Harley-Davidsons. \u00a0My wife decided\u00a0that I should get\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harley-davidson.com\/en_US\/Content\/Pages\/2010_Motorcycles\/2010_motorcycles.html?locale=en_US&amp;bmLocale=en_US#\/model\/flstn\" target=\"_blank\">the new Deluxe Model<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0scarlet red and black with silver trim.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2133\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"moto\" alt=\"moto\" src=\"\/blog\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/moto-300x225.jpg\" width=\"243\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/moto-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/moto.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The next day I decided to go check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.na-motorsports.com\/Tracks\/HI\/MauiMS.html\" target=\"_blank\">Maui Motor Speedway<\/a>. \u00a0They had MX races on Saturday night and practice on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>I was hoping someone would have a rental available for some track time (I have been eying <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yamaha-motor.com\/sport\/products\/modelimagelib\/12\/18\/1\/0\/image.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">the new 2010 YZ25<\/a>), but unfortunately, they didn\u2019t have one available.<\/p>\n<p>Our last stop of the week was at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.southmauibicycles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">South Maui Bicycles<\/a>.\u00a0 I wanted to get the low-down on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fisherbikes.com\/bike\/model\/rumblefish-ii\" target=\"_blank\">the new Gary Fisher Rumblefish 29er mountain bike<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I was surprised to learn from the owners that there is not much mountain biking on Maui &#8211; it seems that the majority of the land is private property! They do rent out the bikes, but you have to ride them on the road.<\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t really call that \u201cmountain\u201d biking, now can you?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2159 alignnone\" title=\"IMG00007-20091121-1144\" alt=\"IMG00007-20091121-1144\" src=\"\/blog\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/IMG00007-20091121-1144-1024x695.jpg\" width=\"473\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/IMG00007-20091121-1144-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/IMG00007-20091121-1144-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/IMG00007-20091121-1144.jpg 1758w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To top it off, this is the unbelievable view that we got to wake up to every morning &#8211; the sun\u00a0setting over the Pacific Ocean, with, if you can believe it &#8211; \u00a0the\u00a0world famous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.molokini.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Molokini crater<\/a> right there in the background.<\/p>\n<p>And although we all had a fantastic time soakin&#8217; up the sun and the aloha spirit, \u00a0it was just as awesome to get back into the swing of things and see how smooth things are running here at Arc-Zone!<\/p>\n<p>Lots to be thankful for as we start the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>Wishing you and yours a wonderful thanksgiving&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a blissful (and action-packed) week for me and my family as we vacationed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about-joe-welder","category-motorsports","entry","fw-tab-6 fw-tabr-4"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Joe Welder Meets Maui! 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