This blog is still a bit behind reality. In real-time, we are on a cruise to Alaska this week. We should have internet available, but I’ll take a break from updating this blog during the cruise.
Stay tuned for some exciting news next week.
Maui: flight home
Time to head home from Maui.
A rainbow to send us off:
Maui airport:
Spam musubi snack:
Our plane:
Boarding:
Seat selfie:
Taking off:
Goodbye Maui:
Dinners:
Mount Rainier:
Container terminal in Seattle:
Seattle; the Space Needle is visible on the right side:
T-Mobile Park and Lumen Field:
It was a nice vacation.
Maui: cabana and swimming
We had a resort day, renting a beachfront cabana, relaxing, and swimming in the ocean.
Our cabana for the day:
Swimming:
Moloka’i:
Hard to see, but there were some dolphins in the distance:
Sunset:
A peek of the luau from our balcony:
Backstage:
Maui: Haleakalā Kipahulu District
Past Hana was the Haleakalā National Park Kīpahulu area:
Visitor Center:
We did a walk along the Kūloa Point Trail loop:
Maui: Road to Hana
The Road to Hana is a popular tourist attraction on Maui; a scenic drive along a long, winding, and narrow road. There are a number of guides, but this one was interesting.
The road continues past Hana to the Kīpahulu Visitor Center of Haleakalā National Park (which I’ll cover in a separate post). Beyond that, the road turns to dirt, and is intended for locals only. So we turned around after the visitor center, and retraced our path.
An interactive map of our route:
The road to Hana:
There were numerous waterfalls along the road:
View from Kaumahina State Wayside Park:
Aunty Sandy’s Famous Banana Bread, with a long line:
Very tasty:
Keanae Lookout:
Hana Hawaiian BBQ:
Interesting rocks:
Back from Hana, we stopped at Noodle Lahaina for dinner:
Our haul of Hana banana bread and other goodies (other than the couple of loaves we ate on the road):
Sunset:
Maui: resort relaxation day
Jenn had a spa day, and I wandered around the resort and relaxed. It’s nice to intersperse exploring days with do-nothing days.
To the restaurant for breakfast:
Balcony view:
Trees and resort:
Hawaiian takeout for lunch:
Back to the restaurant for dinner:
Double rainbow, what does it mean?
Sunset:
Maui: West Maui drive
On the way home from the summit of Haleakalā National Park, we took a more scenic (albeit a little nerve-wracking) route:
Views:
Many miles of one lane road:
A stop at Karen Lei’s gallery:
Church:
More one lane roads:
Views:
Takeout from The Fish Market Maui for dinner:
Sunset from our lanai:
Maui: Haleakalā Summit District
On our second full day on Maui, we drove our rental car to the summit in Haleakalā National Park.
An interactive map of our route to the summit:
But first, breakfast on our lanai:
Wild chickens in the resort parking lot:
Tree tunnel:
Haleakalā National Park signs:
Above the clouds:
Haleakalā Visitor Center near the summit:
View from outside the visitor center:
Summit district signs:
Haleakala observatories:
ʻĀhinahina:
Summit:
Elevation 10,023 feet:
Birds:
Picnic lunch from the resort:
Nene crossing:
Headquarters Visitor Center:
Down into the clouds:
Winding road:
Maui: Leilani’s on the Beach
We went out to Leilani’s On the Beach in Lahaina on Maui for a fancy dinner:
We wandered around the Whalers Village shops after dinner, and saw a rainbow:
Maui: exploring the resort
We spent our first full day on Maui mostly at the resort, relaxing and exploring.
Breakfast in the resort’s restaurant:
Then we headed to Lahaina for groceries:
Back at the resort, lunch again at their restaurant:
Exploring the resort:
A nice beach:
The Royal Scoop snack bar:
Preparing for a wedding:
Sunset from our lanai:
Wedding photos:
We had a peek and sounds of the nightly luau:
Sunset:
