Maui: The Trickster!

Up early on a Sunday morning to catch an early flight to Maui. Luckily the airport in Kauai is small and quiet.

View down from the windy road

Laura and I began our journey by doing some random driving around the island. We couldn’t check into our condo until 3 pm so we had about 5 hours to kill. The good thing about Maui is that is it small. It doesn’t take long to get anywhere. So we decided, on spontaneity and headed for the longest drive we would make: up the mountain to Haleakala--House of the Sun!

The road goes up....and up...and winds around and around....but the views were amazing!

I have never in my life have seen a volcano and this was a wondrous sight to behold. Not only were we up above the clouds, we were up at cruising altitude for airplanes! Well, maybe not airplanes in Hawaii, but still...it was high.

Afterwards, Laura took us down the mountain and into Kehei, where we would be staying for the next few days. We are looking forward to a few days of sun, surf and relaxation.....but Maui is a trickster......he may have something up his sleeve for us!

on top!

walking on air!