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.

Dawson Creek’s Alaska Highway Mile Zero

We visited the Alaska Highway Mile Zero monuments and other Canadian icons in Dawson Creek, British Columbia.

Mile 0 Alaska Highway marker:

Mile 0 Alaska Highway marker

Mile 0 Alaska Highway marker

Mile 0 Alaska Highway marker

Mural:

Mural

NAR Park:

NAR Park

NAR Park

NAR Park

“You Are Now Entering the World Famous Alaska Highway”:

You Are Now Entering the World Famous Alaska Highway

You Are Now Entering the World Famous Alaska Highway

You Are Now Entering the World Famous Alaska Highway

Stickers:

Stickers

RVs:

RVs

Visitor Centre:

Visitor Centre

Visitor Centre

Canadian Tire… not just a tire store, but more like Ace Hardware in the US:

Canadian Tire

Canadian Tire

Canadian Tire

Canadian Tire

We went to Tim Hortons to get some coffee and Tim Bits:

Tim Hortons

Tim Hortons

Tim Hortons

Tim Hortons

Then felt like lunch, so went to A&W‘s drivethru for lunch:

A&W drivethru for lunch

A&W drivethru for lunch

A&W drivethru for lunch

The Surveyor Statue:

Surveyor Statue

Surveyor Statue

Passing by the Alaska Highway sign again:

Passing by the Alaska Highway sign again

Newport, Oregon

Since we had an unplanned weekend stay in Albany due to coach issues, we decided to make the most of it with a drive to the Oregon coast.

Here’s an interactive map of our driving route, heading clockwise:

Newport, Oregon is a fishing town, with a number of murals:

Mural

Mural

Yaquina Bay Bridge:

Yaquina Bay Bridge

We went to Mo’s for lunch:

Mo's

Mo's menu

Mo's

Jenn’s Crab Slumgullion sourdough bread bowl:

Crab Slumgullion sourdogh bread bowl

My cup of clam chowder; I also had fish & chips, but forgot to take a picture of that:

Cup of clam chowder

Crabbing:

Crabbing

Pacific Seafood Surimi Plant:

Pacific Seafood

We bought some chocolates and taffy, as is required when visiting the Oregon coast:

Taffy

Watching a snuggle pile of sea lions:

Sea lions

Sea lions

Sea lions

Sea lions

Sea lions

Sea lions

Sea lions

Sea lions

Sea lions

Sea lions

Sea lions

Sea lions

Sea lions

We then headed up the coast a bit, to take a slightly longer way home.