Thursday, June 8, 2017

Hawaii Trip - Maui

Sunday afternoon, we flew over to Maui to spend our last few days of our trip on that island.

A picture in the hotel lobby. 
 
A pic before dinner that night. 
 
We went on a kayaking and snorkeling tour the next morning.  The snorkeling there was great.  We saw some beautiful coral reefs, amazingly colorful fish, and sea turtles close enough to touch.  A pic before we headed out. 
 
A few kayaking pics. 

 
The next day we drove up to Haleakala Crater.  It was quite a drive up to 10,000 ft.
 
Haleakala is a dormant volcano.  The top has eroded away to this baron looking area they refer to as a crater. 
 
It was pretty chilly up there. 
 
 
A pic in front of the door to the observation area.

 
 
After seeing the summit, we found a trail to hike that was at a little lower elevation.

The sites along this trail were incredibly beautiful.
 
We hiked down into a valley.  Here's a picture as we were turning the corner to zigzag our way down. 

A view down in to the valley.
 
 
 
The next morning, we did a little more snorkeling.  And we tried stand up paddle boarding for the first time.  It was fun and super easy. A pic with the board.  I hadn't realized how huge they are.
 
 
 
A few more sunset pictures from our last night there. 




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