Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Surfer Girls-Dec 28
Greetings-
Today is our last full day in Hawaii. The girls took surfing lessons this morning and here are the pictures to prove it. There are some nice movies I have that I will try to load up when I get home. The girls did great on the boards. They all managed to get up and stay up. Well, time to soak up the last bit of sun.
Love to all,
PJCES
The Road to Hana-Dec 27
Aloha-
Today we took a marathon trip to Hana, which is on the eastern shore of Maui. We went with a small tour bus of 12 people. Maui is basically two intersecting circles that vaguely resemble a face and a body. Lahaina, where we are staying, is in the forehead, and Hana is in the back. The trip was 12 hours long, with breakfast and lunch provided. We left at 6:30 am and returned after 6 pm, exhilarated and exhausted. The Road to Hana, as it is called, is one of the prettiest drives on the planet. It takes you through rainforests, deserts, unusual beaches with black and red sand, and undeveloped cowboy country where cattle are raised. We even stopped at a winery and tried pineapple wine. You go over roads that are unpaved, or even worse, paved by adding millions of patches to old pavement! As you will see, the sun came and went throughout the day, as did the rain. Here are our pictures with a little annotation.
6:30 am, leaving the condo
Eucalyptus trees with rainbow bark
A bamboo forest
Today we took a marathon trip to Hana, which is on the eastern shore of Maui. We went with a small tour bus of 12 people. Maui is basically two intersecting circles that vaguely resemble a face and a body. Lahaina, where we are staying, is in the forehead, and Hana is in the back. The trip was 12 hours long, with breakfast and lunch provided. We left at 6:30 am and returned after 6 pm, exhilarated and exhausted. The Road to Hana, as it is called, is one of the prettiest drives on the planet. It takes you through rainforests, deserts, unusual beaches with black and red sand, and undeveloped cowboy country where cattle are raised. We even stopped at a winery and tried pineapple wine. You go over roads that are unpaved, or even worse, paved by adding millions of patches to old pavement! As you will see, the sun came and went throughout the day, as did the rain. Here are our pictures with a little annotation.
6:30 am, leaving the condo
Surfers
Chickens everywhere
Eucalyptus trees with rainbow bark
Black sand beach
Red sand beach (Fe2O3)
Hana
Jo wants this house
Yes, that's a gazebo on the RH side
These are Poinsetta trees
Haleakala park:
Cowboy country (southern part of the body):
Even the 'straight roads' are windy. Our tour guide said that George Harrison lived in this part of Maui and Paul McCartney got the idea of writing "The Long and Winding Road" from here.
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