More on Maui

I had hoped to have more updates from our trip but I ran into some problems with my laptop, but hey that’s life, and since we were on Maui time none of that really seamed to matter too much anyway. The trip was totally awesome; we had an absolutely incredible time! I will try to just give a “brief” description of our activities so I don’t bore you all to death. After the great time we had on the Hana (eastern) side of the Island we started to explore the western side of the island and ocean, we snorkeled all over the place in the crystal clear water, some of our favorite spots were: Honolua Bay, Black rock, and 5 graves/caves. We were able to see tons of beautiful fish; we swam with a bunch of sea turtles almost everywhere we went. One turtle was almost as big as our kitchen table; we saw a reef shark, and a couple of moray eels, one of which was huge and pretty scary. We surfed some more, one day at Lahaina Break Wall and, one day at Launiupoko Beach for 6 hours straight, Tara got pretty good at it but we both got totally fried. We drove all the way back to the southeastern side of the island so we could hike the trail through a bamboo forest to the Waimoku waterfalls and swim the seven sacred pools in Haleakela National Park. We went down to the Wailea and Makena area where we did some more boggie boarding/body surfing, and beach hangin. We went all the way to the north and drove the one lane road through the small village of Kahakuloa, there were some breathtaking views but the road was a bit hair-raising at times. We drove a bit inland to the Io needle; by the end of the trip we were able to drive the entire perimeter of the island. Can’t wait until we have the chance to go back someday!