After Mass at St. Theresa's, we packed up enough for our overnight trip to Hana. We decided to follow the advice of our many guidebooks and not try to do the trip in one day. I totally agree now that we've done it. Getting there is most of the adventure! We put the top down on the Mustang and headed out - Luis driving and me navigating via mile markers and guidebook maps. The view from pretty much everywhere is amazingly beautiful - whether you looking at the coast and beaches or driving through the tropical countryside. One town (Kahiku) was described in the guidebooks as "plant heaven" or where plants go when they die. Everything is so colorful and lush, you can "almost hear the plants giggling with joy."There hasn't been enough rainfall this year, so the waterfalls were either underwhelming or nonexistant except for a few, but it didn't put a damper on the journey. At one black rock beach I was totally mesmerized by the sound the rocks made when the waves receded. The water clicked them together and it sounded like they were singing. I just sat their on the beach listening while Luis went exploring.
Luis had me join him in a lava tube (scary for us claustrophobes), but only the entrance was small and dark. It was actually very cool, once we got inside. There was actually a couple inside eating a picnic lunch, so they took this picture.
Oh yeah... and the pulled pork tacos at a roadside stand along the way - the best ever! We stopped there again the next day on our way back to Kihei.
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