Past Hana was the Haleakalā National Park Kīpahulu area:
Visitor Center:
We did a walk along the Kūloa Point Trail loop:
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:
There were numerous waterfalls along the road:
View from Kaumahina State Wayside Park:
Aunty Sandy’s Famous Banana Bread, with a long line:
Very tasty:
Keanae Lookout:
Hana Hawaiian BBQ:
Interesting rocks:
Back from Hana, we stopped at Noodle Lahaina for dinner:
Our haul of Hana banana bread and other goodies (other than the couple of loaves we ate on the road):
Sunset:
Maui: resort relaxation day
Jenn had a spa day, and I wandered around the resort and relaxed. It’s nice to intersperse exploring days with do-nothing days.
To the restaurant for breakfast:
Balcony view:
Trees and resort:
Hawaiian takeout for lunch:
Back to the restaurant for dinner:
Double rainbow, what does it mean?
Sunset:
Maui: West Maui drive
On the way home from the summit of Haleakalā National Park, we took a more scenic (albeit a little nerve-wracking) route:
Views:
Many miles of one lane road:
A stop at Karen Lei’s gallery:
Church:
More one lane roads:
Views:
Takeout from The Fish Market Maui for dinner:
Sunset from our lanai:
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:
Wild chickens in the resort parking lot:
Tree tunnel:
Haleakalā National Park signs:
Above the clouds:
Haleakalā Visitor Center near the summit:
View from outside the visitor center:
Summit district signs:
Haleakala observatories:
ʻĀhinahina:
Summit:
Elevation 10,023 feet:
Birds:
Picnic lunch from the resort:
Nene crossing:
Headquarters Visitor Center:
Down into the clouds:
Winding road:
Maui: Leilani’s on the Beach
We went out to Leilani’s On the Beach in Lahaina on Maui for a fancy dinner:
We wandered around the Whalers Village shops after dinner, and saw a rainbow:
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:
Then we headed to Lahaina for groceries:
Back at the resort, lunch again at their restaurant:
Exploring the resort:
A nice beach:
The Royal Scoop snack bar:
Preparing for a wedding:
Sunset from our lanai:
Wedding photos:
We had a peek and sounds of the nightly luau:
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):
We went to Raising Cane’s for a second dinner:
Heading to the resort:
Checking in at Royal Lahaina Resort & Bungalows:
Our room:
Property map:
Resort info:
Our balcony / lanai:
View:
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:
Welcome aboard:
Seat selfie:
Plane on the runway:
Another plane:
Taking off:
Tacoma Dome:
Tacoma Narrows Bridges:
Jenn’s dinner:
My dinner:
Land ho!
Rainbow:
Coastline:
Rainbow:
Big valley:
Golf course:
Rivers:
Coastline:
Molokini Crater:
Island:
Coastline:
Wind turbines:
Farmland:
Next time, our arrival and hotel.
Five years of RV life
Today marks the five year anniversary of our first night of RV life, when we bought and spent our first night in our 2017 Tiffin Allegro Bus 40SP motorhome.
In those five years, we traveled to every state in the contiguous US, crossing the country several times, and saw lots of fascinating places and had many adventures.
We are no longer full-time RVers, now that we are selling our coach, but we aren’t giving up on RV life; stay tuned for what’s next for us.
A photo from our first night:
And after we moved out:
