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:

The road to Hana

There were numerous waterfalls along the road:

Waterfall

Waterfall

View from Kaumahina State Wayside Park:

View from Kaumahina State Wayside Park

View from Kaumahina State Wayside Park

The road to Hana

Creek

Aunty Sandy’s Famous Banana Bread, with a long line:

Aunty Sandy's Famous Banana Bread

Aunty Sandy's Famous Banana Bread

Aunty Sandy's Famous Banana Bread

Very tasty:

Aunty Sandy's Famous Banana Bread

Keanae Lookout:

Keanae Lookout

Keanae Lookout

Keanae Lookout

Keanae Lookout

Halfway to Hana:

Halfway to Hana

Halfway to Hana

Waterfall

Waterfalls

Waterfalls

Coconut Glen’s:

Coconut Glen's

Coconut Glen's

Coconut Glen's

Hana Hawaiian BBQ:

Hana Hawaiian BBQ

Hana Hawaiian BBQ

Hana Hawaiian BBQ

Interesting rocks:

Interesting rocks

Waterfall

Waterfall

Kūloa Point Trail loop

Back from Hana, we stopped at Noodle Lahaina for dinner:

Noodle Bar Lahaina for dinner

Noodle Bar Lahaina for dinner

Noodle Bar Lahaina for dinner

Noodle Bar Lahaina for dinner

Our haul of Hana banana bread and other goodies (other than the couple of loaves we ate on the road):

Our haul of Hana banana bread and other goodies haul (other than the couple of loaves we ate on the road)

Sunset:

Sunset

Sunset

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:

Breakfast on our lanai

Wild chickens in the resort parking lot:

Wild chickens in the resort parking lot

Tree tunnel:

Tree tunnel

Haleakalā National Park signs:

Haleakalā National Park sign

Haleakalā National Park sign

Above the clouds:

Above the clouds

Haleakalā Visitor Center near the summit:

Haleakalā Visitor Center near the summit

Haleakalā Visitor Center

View from outside the visitor center:

View from the visitor center

View from the visitor center

View from the visitor center

View from the visitor center

View from the visitor center

View from the visitor center

View from the visitor center

Summit district signs:

Summit district sign

Summit district sign

Haleakala observatories:

Haleakala Observatories

Haleakala observatories

ʻĀhinahina:

ʻĀhinahina

ʻĀhinahina

ʻĀhinahina

ʻĀhinahina

Summit:

Summit

Elevation 10,023 feet:

Elevation 10,023 feet

Info sign

Info sign

Info sign

Birds:

Birds

Picnic lunch from the resort:

Picnic lunch from the resort

Nene crossing:

Nene crossing

Headquarters Visitor Center:

Headquarters Visitor Center

Headquarters Visitor Center

Headquarters Visitor Center

Headquarters Visitor Center

Headquarters Visitor Center

Down into the clouds:

Down into the clouds

Winding road:

Winding road

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:

Breakfast menu

Then we headed to Lahaina for groceries:

Groceries

Back at the resort, lunch again at their restaurant:

Lunch menu

Lunch

Exploring the resort:

Exploring the resort

Exploring the resort

Exploring the resort

Exploring the resort

Exploring the resort

A nice beach:

Beach

Beach

Beach

Beach

Beach

Beach

Beach

Beach

Exploring the resort

Exploring the resort

The Royal Scoop snack bar:

Exploring the resort

Exploring the resort

Exploring the resort

Exploring the resort

Preparing for a wedding:

Preparing for a wedding

Sunset from our lanai:

Sunset from our lanai

Sunset from our lanai

Wedding photos:

Wedding photos

We had a peek and sounds of the nightly luau:

Luau

Luau

Sunset:

Sunset

Maui: Royal Lahaina Resort & Bungalows

We stayed at Royal Lahaina Resort & Bungalows on Maui.

After landing at the airport, we picked up our rental car; we got to pick out our car, and chose a Nissan Rogue, since we’ve owned one before, and Mom has one, so we’re familiar with them (though this was newer, so a bit different):

Our rental car

We went to Raising Cane’s for a second dinner:

Raising Cane's for dinner

Raising Cane's for dinner

Heading to the resort:

Heading to our hotel

Heading to our hotel

Heading to our hotel

Checking in at Royal Lahaina Resort & Bungalows:

Checking in at Royal Lahaina Resort & Bungalows

Our room:

Our room

Our room

Our room

Property map:

Property map

Resort info:

Resort info

Resort info

Our balcony / lanai:

Our room

View:

View from our balcony / lanai

View from our balcony / lanai

View from our balcony / lanai

Maui: flight to Hawaii

Since our Alaska trip was postponed, we decided to commiserate with a trip to Hawaii instead. We’ve previously been to Hawaii a few times (and Jenn grew up there), and had been to the Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, but we still needed to check off the Haleakalā National Park on Maui.

Our plane:

Our plane

Welcome aboard:

Welcome aboard

Plane

Seat selfie:

Seat selfie

Plane on the runway:

Plane on the runway

Another plane:

Another plane

Taking off:

Taking off

Tacoma Dome:

Tacoma Dome

Tacoma Narrows Bridges:

Narrows Bridges

Jenn’s dinner:

Jenn's dinner

My dinner:

My dinner

Land ho!

Land ho!

Rainbow:

Rainbow

Coastline:

Coastline

Rainbow:

Rainbow

Big valley:

Big valley

Golf course:

Golf course

Rivers:

River

Coastline:

Coastline

Molokini Crater:

Arc

Island:

Island

Coastline:

Coastland

Wind turbines:

Wind turbines

Farmland:

Farmland

Next time, our arrival and hotel.

Five years of RV life

Today marks the five year anniversary of our first night of RV life, when we bought and spent our first night in our 2017 Tiffin Allegro Bus 40SP motorhome.

In those five years, we traveled to every state in the contiguous US, crossing the country several times, and saw lots of fascinating places and had many adventures.

We are no longer full-time RVers, now that we are selling our coach, but we aren’t giving up on RV life; stay tuned for what’s next for us.

A photo from our first night:

2017 Tiffin Allegro Bus 40SP

And after we moved out:

Coach

We are selling our Tiffin motorhome!

With our truck totaled, it was time to consider our options. We could replace the truck, and re-install the tow system. Or we could take this opportunity to move up our plans. We’ve been talking for a while about downsizing from our 40-foot class A motorhome to something smaller, to let us be more nimble and stay in places our motorhome wouldn’t fit… maybe a class C, B+, or class B.

We decided to go for that, so we moved out of our coach into our home base, cleaned it up, and consigned our 2017 Tiffin Allegro Bus 40SP motorhome with Poulsbo RV, a local Tiffin dealer in the Puget Sound, Washington area.

Do you want a very nice well-maintained and well-documented coach? Ideal for a working or retired couple, with a fancy desk with monitor, built-in Starlink, and cellular modem/antenna, plus lots of other convenient improvements like theater seating, built-in water softener and filters, upgraded control panel (and a bedside one), upgraded thermostats, upgraded GPS, and lots of other improvements.

Check out the Poulsbo RV listing if interested.

Here are a bunch of photos after we cleared out our coach, starting with removed Sinclair Trails stickers:

Coach

Steering wheel table, dash mat, and GPS:

Steering wheel table and dash mat

Theater seating and side tables:

Theater seating and side tables

Kitchen:

Kitchen

Desk:

Desk

Main TV:

Main TV

Dining and fridge:

Dining and fridge

Half bath:

Half bath

Spyder control panel:

Spyder control panel

Bed:

Bed

Bedroom:

Bedroom

Bedroom

Rear bathroom:

Rear bathroom

Rear bathroom

Cellular and Starlink internet cupboards, plus smart thermostats:

Cellular and Starlink internet cupboards

Back to the front:

Front

Front

Cockpit:

Cockpit

Entry:

Entry

Living:

Living

Living

Exterior:

Coach

Coach

Coach

Coach

Our coach has been well-maintained:

  • Engine, chassis, generator, Aqua-Hot, slide-outs, roof inspection, etc service performed annually; last done April 2026.
  • All in working order.
  • No collisions.
  • No leaks.

A summary of notable improvements:

  • New tires November 2023.
  • New chassis batteries May 2023.
  • New AGM house batteries October 2021.
  • Added solar panels (3 in total).
  • Replaced carbon monoxide detector in bedroom January 2023.
  • Added Safe T Plus steering stabilizer.
  • Added Koni shocks on front.
  • Added SnapPads on front leveling jacks.
  • Replaced DEF head.
  • Replaced engine turbocharger.
  • Added built-in 3-stage water filters and water softener.
  • Added built-in black tank flush.
  • Upgraded GPS/stereo unit with bigger screen and wireless CarPlay/AndroidAuto support.
  • Upgraded Spyder control color touch screen.
  • Added second control touch screen bedside.
  • Upgraded bed mattress.
  • Upgraded smart thermostats (with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth control).
  • Replaced front and mid ACs.
  • Added Starlink dish on roof and modem in cupboard.
  • Added Pepwave modem for local Wi-Fi and cellular internet, with roof antenna.
  • Added CoachProxy (control lights etc from phone or computer).
  • Added Firefly Vegatouch Mira (control lights etc from phone app).
  • Added BlueFire diagnostic adapter.
  • Installed powered theater seating and factory-matched side tables.
  • Installed factory-matched pull-out desk with lift monitor.
  • Upgraded sink faucets and soap dispensers.
  • Upgraded rain shower head.
  • Added automatic paper towel dispenser.
  • Added shelving and extra insulation in cupboards.
  • Added roof vent covers.
  • Added carpet in cockpit.
  • Added carpeted dash cover.
  • Added steering wheel table.
  • Upgraded window valances.
  • Replaced accent lighting above slides, and several recessed lights.
  • Enhanced insulation in engine compartment.
  • Upgraded passenger-side window awning.
  • Added Magne Shade window covers for windshield and cockpit side windows.
  • Added foldable tire covers and mirror covers.
  • Installed tow prep; air-based brake system included.
  • Plus all the regular RV repairs, maintenance, and many minor improvements.

Check out the Poulsbo RV listing if interested in buying our coach.

It’s the end of an era! Stay tuned for what’s next.