Sharon Windsurfing! Lee and Sharon Riding with Eric and Julie!
Maui Views
March 22nd had us flying from the Big Island to Honolulu then back to Maui. This was
when Lee would learn if I would like Wind Surfing or not.
Would we have another activity to share? More Gear to buy? More activity specific clothing
to acquire? We were not to learn on the first weekend due to
LOW winds and cloudy days.
What to do on a low wind, low surf day on Maui. Drive to Hana and see the views! Hana
is a small town about 50miles down a NARROW, twisty turny
road that's makes a Chevy Cavaliers tires go SCREEEEEECH! We didn't take too many pictures
since the driving was so fun, but we finally did stop in Hana and
walked down to the fabled RED BEACH (Kaihalulu Beach) which was very cool. To see
some pictures of the drive go here.
After the long drive home we went back to our studio in Haiku to enjoy our balcony view.
Since this page is dedicated to VIEWS and not action, we'll skip a couple of days to
when I had to recover from my windsurfing lessons.
You'll have to read that story to see how I did.
On Maui is the ancient, extinct Volcano - Haleakala. To see more info on the volcano go here
One of the things that intrigued us most about the Volcanoes of Hawaii, are the trees
that grow on them. The Koa
tree only grows on
Hawaii between elevations of 4,000-7,000 feet. They were used by early Polynesians to
build outrigger canoes, they are now proteced
and fallen branches are used to make beautiful bowls and other wood craft products.
Along the winding drive up Haleakala, the view of the narrow valley between the Rainy West Maui Mountains and Haleakala
The South side of the saddle is the touristy Kihei area, the airport and Kahalui are on
the North side where
the surf 'scene' is more prevalent.
Then we drove higher! Into the cloud, through the Eucalyptus forests.
Then we broke through the clouds and hit the crater! To see Pete Fagerlin of MTBR fame
ride down the Volcano, go here
Scroll down to the
Maui, Hawaii video.
Then the long drive back to our studio with our sucky view.
Dave and Hiroko, the people we were renting off of, allowed us to use their telescope
and we could watch the Humpback whales and
windsurfers in the distance.
Here's a closer view of the surfers on Jaws on a particularly high surf day.
Sharon Windsurfing! Lee and Sharon Riding with Eric and Julie!