Just Another Day in Paradise!

The music of Jack Johnson fills the apartment tonight.  Von said "must listen to while on the islands".  So we listened to Jack while eating chicken tacos with a fresh island avocado.  Delicious.  We all agreed.

Today the waves here in West Maui were record high.  When we went out this morning for our walk we noticed a lot of locals running around with their surf boards in the back of their vehicles.  Checking out the sites and networking with other locals.  The lady at the coffee shop suggested we go to a favorite viewing point to watch the locals take on the huge waves. 

 

 

 

But these fun seekers didn't stop there.  Back of the road, we headed north with the intention of stopping when the view demanded our attention.   And demand it did.  The road wound around and down the side of the mountain.  Into a jungle of dense umbrella trees in an S turn where the locals live.  Coming out of the turn the view called.  We stopped.  The waves were beating against the rocks, giving these tourists what they wanted to see.  The directions from the tourist book was "just passed the 38 mile marker" is the Blowhole.  We walked down the hill toward this classic site.  As the large waves racked the rocks and pummeled the shore, the Blowhole shot up as if to say hello and to show it's splendor.

 

 

But the adventure had just begun.  The road around the top of the island is a one-way, narrow, hang off the rocks of the side of the mountain.  Oh yeah.  You might want to honk when going around curves.  The string of cars we met on a narrow crevice called a road was Salmon River like.   Bill, being a seasoned Siskiyou County driver, was focused and undeterred by this potentially intimidating situation.

 

Suzie always asks what the highlight of our day was.  Today we all agreed that the fresh, cold pineapple sold to us at the road construction site of a little village by a local was probably the highlight.  Although, finding the 3 waterfalls on the furthest north end of the island, just past the angus ranch was a highlight.  Or the one lone white horse standing on the edge of the hillside was pretty cool too.  I'm thinking a day can contain a lot of highlights when looking for them.

 

 

 

We finished our tour with a walk through Lahaina.  Although a bit touristy, it is worth the walk to get the feel of a small island town.  The Banyan Tree is a must see.   Although not native to the islands, amazing tree was planted on Maui on April 24, 1873.  So I guess it is considered a local.

 

Aloha~