Ulua Beach, Wailea 1978

Ulua Beach, Wailea Maui Hawaii 1978

 The PND family was very lucky to move to Maui in 1977.  This was the view from our apartment where we lived in the hotel PND Senior managed.  The beach on the left is Ulua and it is one of a series of crescent beaches that stretch all the way up the coast.  This is roughly a view looking north.  The tower building on the water is about 1.5 miles away and the there and back was a great beach run.  The following year, the on-going condo development at Wailea spread right through the middle of this image but that's progress and without the development we wouldn't have been there in the first place.

Originally posted July 20, 2012

High Up Parking Lot

Haleakala Crater Parking Lot 1991

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This is a parking lot. Seen in the background is the sweeping vista of central Maui which spreads out over 10,000 feet below where this picture is taken. As the sun rises, you can just about see the shadow cast by the mountain in the middle left of the frame.

It is pretty barren at the top of Haleakala crater but on most mornings there's a lot of life and activity. On the outer edge of the parking lot you can see the tourist bikers who have come up to the crater in a van to watch the sunrise and then ride their rented bikes down the approximately 35miles of road back to town. If you look carefully you can see they have color coded each group based on the colors of their rain slickers.

They have gravity working with them.

From this vantage point we did an about face and hiked down into the magnificence of the crater. No sissy bike riding for us. It's a parking lot but I like it just the same.

 

Originally posted September 22, 2011

Image: Holua Lookout.

View looking south across the base of Haleakala Crater from above Holua Cabin.  To the right are the famous switch-backs that take hikers from the crater floor to the rim.  To the top left, is the part of the crater that looks like a moonscape.  Looking forward to some hiking this summer.