Our friends, Eric Alberdie, Mike and Kay Kelsey at Pa'ia . . . ready to watch the surfers . . . |
A view over the edge at Honolau Bay . . . on our way to the Blowhole. |
Making our way down to the blowhole . . . |
A little leaf grafitti along the trail . . . |
The blowhole wasn't so great today . . . but the rocks were super for climbin', sittin' under and lookin' at! |
And the hibiscus . . . what's a blog about Hawaii | without a pic of hibiscus!! |
The Banyan tree in Lahaina |
Vic after lookin' for whales down by Wailea |
Sunsets in Hawaii . . . can't be beat! |
See the whale tail in the sunset? Just down the road from where we stayed. |
A little old church . . . built in the 1800's and still used today.
A view from down by Wailea . . . a great place to watch whales! |
The Road to Hana . . . always an adventure awaits those brave enough to travel it! |
Meet the little lady from Vancouver
who flagged us down to help rescue the lady who had slipped over
the edge . . . it was her unlucky/lucky day! I helped the little Vancouver lady flag down a construction truck while Vic went over to the edge to give his assistance . . .
The truck we flagged down - they had a garden hose which was put to good use . . . if you don't have a rope to rescue folks over the cliff . . . a garden hose works just great! Vic holding onto the lady from Canada's husband . . . who is holding onto the lady's husband who fell over the cliff . . . who is holding onto his wife for dear life. . . and up she comes! The 200' waterfall we all wanted to see . . .
The waterfall |
Us with the waterfall in the background . . . this is close enough for us! |
A view out the window . . . on the Road to Hana! Followed a road and found paradise at the end . . .
A few of the sights that can only look beautiful in Hawaii . . .
A little roadside stand where the veggie lasagna was wonderful . . . the eating choices along the Road to Hana are few and far between!
A helicopter for those who are reluctant to do the hike . . . and a pool over the edge for those who do the hike . . .
A most incredible hike. . . and at the end . . . |
a 400 foot waterfall!! |
Deej in the rainforest . . . it's dark and dense . . . and BEAUTIFUL! And of course my camera batteries run out along the way! |
Yep . . . stay on the trail! Along the way to the 400" waterfall . . . |
Fern spores along the trail . . . |
A baby pineapple . . . the cutest thing I'd ever seen! |
At the end of our morning walk along the beach . . . if you look closely I am sure there are whales just beyond! |
Deej taking her turn to swing . . . what am I doing with my back to the ocean? Most mornings Vic and I would walk about a mile down the beach just down from where we stayed . . . met lots of nice folks who spent their mornings doing the same. |
Here's our spot in paradise . . . the little Maui Lu . . . a rather quaint old style place which suited us just fine. |
A eucalyptus tree for real in nature . . . along the road to the Volcano! It smelled so good! |
One of our famous self portraits along the way to the volcano . . .
B-r-r-r! Glad we had our winter coats from Idaho - they came in handy when we reached the summit at the volcano. It was pretty amazing!
Looking at Vic while he looks out across the crater at Haleakala . . . no palm trees here! But lots of clouds and COLD!!
On top of the world in Maui . . .
These little plants only grow up here . . . they love the cold!
A close up of the Silversword plants on top of the volcano. |
A Bird of Paradise . . . kind of in the darkness . . . but I like it! Found this not on the mountain . . . but in the evening when we returned . . . was planted on the grounds where we stayed.
Vic walking along the beach . ..
With a Diet Pepsi, our camelback and our Maui Revealed book nothing is impossible!!
Mosaic surf boards in an art museum . . . bet they took lots of time . . . |
Enjoying the art in a museum @ Wailea |
The island of Molokini where we went snorkeling . . . |
along with many other snorkelers . . . but seemed there was plenty of water and fish for all of us to enjoy! |
Vic on the boat out to Molokini . . . or maybe it was when we were coming back in looking for whales! |
Vic is in the middle . . . enjoying a view from below of the above . . . and getting ready to go under and listen to the whales. We saw lots of whales! |
Vic getting ready to give me his sunglasses so he can go in . . . |
Yep - what's a trip to Hawaii w/out a footsie picture? |