![aloha from the national park service](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3905/14612066353_99a99b75f6_z.jpg)
it may not be the most popular time of year to visit maui, but the weather was tropical, everything was in bloom, and the trees served as flower girls.
![the trees are flower girls](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3914/14405570937_a4d518ee3c_z.jpg)
our first stop was hana. the road to hana was slow, twisted, and dripping with scenic splendor.
![highway to hana](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3907/14612062253_b2949dea13_z.jpg)
the lava flowed down to the sea where it was beat back by the wind.
![mindblown windblown](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3860/14405414239_0f19388982_z.jpg)
we got up early and hiked through bamboo forests to gigantic waterfalls at haleakala national park.
we were the first ones there!
![we're the first ones
here!](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5558/14405563957_4d766caa3c_z.jpg)
next stop - lahaina. hey - i have seen this view on t-shirts before!
![lahaina](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3909/14405384468_bffb0b81a0_z.jpg)
kevin played (really really well...like 400 yard drives...draining 30 footers...) golf at the plantation course at kapalua.
![kapalua](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2903/14568965026_99b9a3e50b_z.jpg)
we saw unnecessary fountains under basement stairwells.
![unnecessary fountain](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2916/14405347300_b9b343093a_z.jpg)
we spent the last few days with fambly from denver in the bustling hippie town of paia.
![rainbow paia](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2908/14405558287_00f95dbb1f_z.jpg)
catching waves, watching turtles, looking for sharks, eating like kings, playing with the keiki.
![this is fun](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2928/14588681861_9fcb8ed4bc_z.jpg)
it was a great trip, worth the looooooooong haul to and fro. hang loose!
![paia cafe mambo](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3908/14420133920_d8682005d8_z.jpg)
2 comments:
looks fantastic.
GORGEOUS! BEAUTIFUL! Wowzers. Lava...water...just so neat!
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