Maui Madness!!!
Maui has turned out to be the kind of place we could blog about 3 or 4 times a day… if we weren’t so busy playing and adventuring, that is.
Since our last post, we’ve broken more out of our beach basecamp sanctuary of Kihei, and have explored:
- The magical Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve and La Perouse Bay, just a few minutes south of Kihei;
- Makena Bay, known to the locals as Oneloa Beach, where Hayden discovered “dune jumping”;
- Waianapanapa State Park on the Road to Hana (52 miles, 600 curves, 50+ 1-lane bridges) complete with a coconut palm-lined black sand beach and hike-thru lava tubes;
- The towering 400-foot-tall Waimoku Falls, glistening at the end of a 2-mile, up-river hike carved through bamboo forests;
- Sunrise from the summit of 10,023-foot Haleakala Volcano, WAYYY above the clouds and dramatic enough to enrapture and silence even a 2-year-old!
What’s been even cooler than these places we’ve experienced has been watching Hayden’s fascincation, excitement and comfort with the water, the surf, the Hawaiian landscape in general blooming and growing more and more every day.
After a week here, we’re heading home to Bellingham, totally satisfied and saturated on one hand… yet on the other hand, more inspired than ever to plan the next adventure!!!
Aloha!!!
