What a tour, what a group. 11 total because we invited the African Gold Coast native's driver to join the group. She was a guest at the Four Seasons Wailea and graced us with her regal charms and perspective. Farmers from Vancouver expressed a lot of interest and knowledge in the field- like state of the art wind powered Osprey decoys. The tour was progressing with some powerful synergy when a genuine scandal erupted. In the process of bringing wine up to the picnic grounds, chilling and serving, a bottle of wine went mysteriously missing when it came time to sit down and enjoy lunch. They claimed emphatically that they had given it to the tour guide down in the parking lot- an observation that was seconded, and apparently confirmed by the two ladies… but the tour guide had no recollection of such. Despite the standard quip “I can be trusted with wine- only because I have my own”, it looked to everyone that the tour guide had misplaced or mis appropriated the bottle. Five witnesses had placed it in my hands putting it in the truck, but it could not be found. “I hope you enjoy it” was one guest's comment.
Ever want to get away? It looked bad. The tour guide was dumbfounded and struggled to make sense of the missing bottle. Excruciating painful and embarrassing. The whole group was weighing in on the controversy. Finally as everyone was leaving, a guest told me that he had solved the mystery by finding the bottle in his backpack. There it was, all along.