Along the Road to Hana Maui

We started on the notoriously winding road to Hana early in the morning. The rain began to let up by the time we reached Kaumahina State Wayside.

Kaumahina State Wayside had a bathroom, a lookout and a short trail, allowing us to stretch our feet. We had stopped earlier at The Garden of Eden Botanical Garden, which our guide book said cost $3 admission. It is now $15, cash only. Since we didn't bring that much extra cash, we had to pass.

The Keanae Arboretum was a pleasant, jungle-y place to walk...and IT was free.

The tulip trees are in bloom.

I love the colors of the Painted Eucalyptus tree trunks.

My favorite flower was the Torch Ginger.

These are the more commonly seen, red ginger.

A very nice example of the trunk of a ficus tree.

As we were leaving Keanae Arboretum, I spotted this car which had missed the turn in the road and ended up down by the bank of the river.

 It was probably trying to avoid hitting a pedestrian on this blind, hair-pin turn in the road.

There is a small community in Keanae. They live near the Keanae Peninsula.

While I was running around taking pictures at Keanae Peninsula....

Larry was playing his Native American flute which is made of Cedar.

Larry bought a bamboo Hawaiian nose flute at The Celebration of the Arts Festival at the Ritz Carlton in Kapalua. The Hawaiian nose flute has a beautiful sound, which was made famous by Anthony Natividad.

The other side of the Keanae Peninsula was extremely windy.

The ocean waves pounded the shore.

There was no sand visible on the beach, only intricately shaped lava rocks.

The horses stood with their backs to the wind.

The drive home from Keanae was something of a white-knuckler, as we tried to enjoy the gorgeous scenery and negotiate the sharply winding, narrow roads, all at the same time.

There were no good places to pull over, so these pictures were taken on-the-fly, out the car window.