We survived the Road to Hana

On the next to the last day, we made the famous trek to Hana. It's a small town on the other side of Maui. The town in itself is not the point of the trip. The trip is the point of the trip. It's about 45 miles of 600 hairpin turns and 52 one-lane bridges past gorgeous scenery. Because of the twist and turns, however, it is an all-day affair!




We first stopped at this small beach and took some pictures. With my dad around, the point of the trip is the pictures!!



Here is the same beach from the road up above.


We had to get at least one "pose in front of a beautiful waterfall" shot.


This is my favorite part of the trip. Just before you get to Hana, there's a state park called Waianapanapa. You would never know from the insignificant sign marking the road's entrance that a place this gorgeous existed! It has amazing black sand and turquoise water.



The girls immediately did what they do best at the beach, play in the sand. And not just any sand - black sand that doesn't stick to you. It doesn't turn the water an icky brown. As the waves swell onto the shore, the water is a crystal gray color. It's amazing. We bottled some to bring home and in a clear bottle, you would never know it came from the ocean. It is sparkling clean!





Off to the right is a cave, about 4 feet high at it's entry, but about 20 feet when you get inside. This is the view! Hard to tell in the photo, but that's turquoise water behind Chandler.


We wanted to make it to the end and see where Charles Lindburgh is buried, but the approaching evening, one-lane roads and rain made it a little scary to continue. So we turned around and headed back, catching the scenery one more time. It really doesn't get any more amazing than this!