Hawaii 2014 (Day 8 of 19): Maui - Hana To Lahaina

Joe's Place in Hana

 I told Helen I was sure I could work out some sort of deal with Ed (not Joe?), the proprietor, if she was interested in some sort spa\salon treatment, but she declined.

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Waiting out one of the spontaneous Hana downpours that started while we were loading the car

There was a nice hotel across from Joe's with access to a black sand beach

Lots of neat things on the beach

The sound of the water being absorbed by the beach

Back to Joe's

Waianapanapa State Park

Banana bread break

We lost Adam for a little while. He had gone into one of the caves and couldn't hear us calling for him.

When we were at Hana Farms the night before they told us that the fresh banana bread is usually delivered about 9:30...and it was about 9:30...and we were ready

Kind of sneaky to make so many different kinds of banana bread so you have to buy them all. They were all good, but the warm chocolate chip banana bread was roll your eyes back in your head good.

We bought many bunches of these little bananas during our trip. They were so flavorful. We were spoiled by the availability of all the great fresh food.

Nahiku Marketplace

Coconut Glen's

Glen's is a funky little fun stop. We thought we had seen pictures of the ice cream being served in coconuts or something special like that. Maybe we just didn't know how to order it?  Ours just came in a small cup and it was okay, but nothing special.

Drove down a side road to see the little Hana airport

The Hana Cultural Center was closed, but there were some exhibits to see outside

The Travaasa Hotel is the place to stay in Hana 

The Hana Coast Gallery on the hotel grounds

We really enjoyed looking at all the beautiful local art

Thai Food by Pranee next door to the cute little green schoolhouse

First time trying and loving the local Aloha fruit drinks

Derek's not a fan of any place without red meat, but he ordered the fried opaka and it was really good. We loved this place.

Hasegawa General Store

The store overlooks some of the Travaasa Hotel bungalows

We saw a couple horses in a pasture next to the store

She was shy

Who doesn't love an old fashioned general store?

Adam picked some apples for the horses

First time seeing a F'real machine. We saw some locals making milkshakes and thought we would give it a try. Derek's friends back home gave him a hard time because he didn't know we have Freal and Shave Ice back home.  

Koki Beach

Adam is ready to hit the waves...as soon as he finishes his milkshake

Hamoa Beach

Oheo Gulch (Seven Sacred Pools) in Haleakala National Park

The pools were closed to swimming because of recent rains

Banana bread break

The backside of Haleakala tour

The roads were narrow with many one lane bridges and the condition of the roads worsened, but it never really felt unsafe

Pretty church, pretty light

We thought this part of the road was beautiful with rolling cow filled hills and expansive views of the ocean

Feels like Texas Hill Country

A number of canyons along the way - looking like they've seen a flash flood or two

Adam was feeling queezy and needed to move to the front seat

We thought we had an outside chance of making it to the top of Haleakala for sunset. We started up, but it started getting really foggy so we headed back down in time to make our dinner reservation. 

Halimaile General Store

Brie and Grape quesadilla and crab pizza

They didn't sound that great, but the reviews said otherwise and the reviews were right. They were both really good. The crab pizza didn't look like much, but it was really flavorful.

Kalua Pork Sliders and Baby Back Ribs were as good as they look

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Chocolate Bomb

We really enjoyed everything. This place is always mentioned as one of the best Maui restaurants for a reason.