Our first stop on the cruise was Maui. After lots of research we decided our top thing we wanted to do was do the Road to Hana - this road is incredibly scenic but includes an estimated 600 turns and 54 mostly one-lane bridges. The negative side of this tour is the incredibly great risk of car sickness....and I am prone to it. So, I was a little nervous and we decided our best bet would be to navigate it in our own convertible, where I could get lots of air and the best views in order to ward off that negative effect. So, Neal so kindly offered to chauffeur me through this treacherous road and really it was amazing!
Our convertible and driver for the day!
There are tons and tons of places to stop and check out great views - we stopped at the first beach overlook, and although it might be hard to see in this picture, we saw an almost completely horizontal rainbow!
Then we saw these falls - that we heard another tour guide saying was used in Jurassic Park - pretty awesome!
In front of the falls
Seriously, everywhere you looked there was something beautiful to see!
This was called Three Bears Falls -see Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Baby bear?
Then we headed down to the actual beach which was made up of tons of these smooth black stones. Then we got smacked by a wave!
Before heading to find some lunch we explored a lava tube that lead to the ocean
We drove all the way to Hana, then turned around to head back. On the way back, we found a great little Farmer's Market roadside stop where we each got Kalua pig tacos.
Another great stop on our drive back toward Maui before our last stop at Twin Falls
We got out to explore at a place called Twin Falls - I was tempted to steal a fresh banana
We finally made it to Twin Falls - so fun!
The fun branch-covered walkway
At this point, we had plans to just head back to the boat. But instead, Neal decided that maybe we should utilize our time with the car and head up to Haleakala Crater. Now, if we had been smart, we would have thought through this possibility and brought warmer clothes because it is about 10,000 feet up and around sun-down temperatures get mighty chilly . But, hey, we were living on the edge.
It was a little overcast on the way up, so we stopped to take some pictures in case our view later wasn't that great. We just didn't think through the fact that when we got to the top we would be higher than those clouds and have the most breathtaking view ever.
We're at the top
Seriously. Brrrrrrr.
Wow, it is gorgeous up here!
See, simply breathtaking! In the end, after everything we did, we both agreed that this spot that we did on a whim was probably our favorite part of the trip!
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