Maui, Hawaii

I am in Maui for a vacation that Peg and I had scheduled for last October 20. So here I am nearly a year later. It's tough but I am going to make the best of my time here. I invited Peg's brother Tim and my sister-in-law Aggie to join me. We are staying at a friend's condo in Kehei. The beach is just across the street. I arrived early in the afternoon last Saturday and Tim and Aggie came in that evening.

The first couple of days we spent most of our time relaxing at the beach and the pool while trying get our body clocks reset.

On Tuesday morning we headed up to Haleakala National Park. Haleakala is a dormant volcano with the summit ridge being at just over 10,000'. We travelled from sea level to 10,000' in about 45 minutes. The temperature went down 36 degrees. In the early '90s Peg and I rode bicycles from near the summit down to nearly sea level. 

On Monday evening we attended a Luau. The weather was perfect as was the food and entertainment.  I purchased a Hawaiian shirt for the occasion. Peg always teased me for wearing solid colored Oxford buttoned collared shirts for occasions such as a luau. So I hope she noticed.

Yesterday we circumvented the eastern half of the island starting with the road to Hana. The road to Hana is VERY winding with the top speed at around 15 MPH. We did short hikes to a black sand beach, a red sand beach and the Seven Sacred Pools. We arrived back in Kihei about 8:30. 

    Haleakala Crater in the clouds

    Handsome in my non-Oxford shirt

    The luau stage at sunset

    The black sand beach.

    Tim and Aggie at the red sand beach.

    Two of the lower pools.