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Next stop was Wailuku. My kind of town. Beautifully set
against the West Maui's, full of old, interesting homes and buildings;
it had loads of personality. There was an historic district and even
an Antique Row — woo hoo— it was about time for some 'tiquing
on this trip. Of course I found the heaviest possible item to buy —
a large hand-carved ebony lion. And some nice old Hawaiian postcards.
We went further up the coast, north of Wailuku, before
the drivable road came to an end. North of that was some pretty rugged
terrain that our rental car wasn't allowed to enter. So there was a
good stretch of northern oceanfront that we couldn't get to, maybe 10
miles. What we did see was a beautiful view looking south, back through
the isthmus and at cloud-shrouded Haleakala in the distance. And then it was time for a round of golf — our first on Hawaii.
We found a public course, Waiehu Municipal, right on the water. Talk
about difficult playing conditions. This was the windward coast of Maui
and it was winDEE, with horizontal rain at times. But it was
fun struggling with the elements and watching the wild surf while making
our way around. We had more more nice views of the West Maui's as we drove away from
them on our way back south. Time to call it a day ... We planned to set off early the next morning
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The
Iao Needle rises from the valley wall, a 2250-foot narrow lava cone.
The temperature was much cooler here; we walked along a rocky, gurgling
stream. On the road into the valley we passed Kepaniwai park —
the scene of another of 
We
stopped at a golf course in the isthmus area just to take a look ... beautiful
location with another 