After a leisurely breakfast in the room, Jarl and Jarlina set off for a drive to Hana and back. At the orientation breakfast, they were told the other name for this highway is the Divorce Highway. They now know why. It has more turns, ups, downs, sideways, dropoffs, hairpins, and general road conditions that can drive two midwesteners to total distraction. As you can see from the picture, it is also the most beautiful highway on the face of the earth! While on this trip they saw the following:
- Surfers going through a rainbow
- Wild streams bursting at their banks
- Wild flowers of unimaginable beauty
- Waterfalls that seemed to leap right out of the cliffs
They got to Hana about 2:30 pm and found the Hana-Maui Hotel open for lunch. They had the best pork sandwich they had ever tasted, which is saying a lot for two people from Iowa. The view, as shown below, was not bad. Lunch was served on a giant porch, which had glass doors that could be shut in case of rain. Jarlina said, "That looks like rain!". The words had no more crossed her lips, and 6 waiters appeared from nowhere to shut the glass doors. The rain hit those glass doors with the force of car wash. There was one table where the last doors came together that didn't quite make hit. They all looked like they had just gotten out of the shower, which they actually had.
Mele Kalikimaka
(Merry Christmas in Hawaian)
2 comments:
We can imagine the sites you have experienced on this trip from your descriptions. Thoughts of the places you've seen get my creative energy stirring. Thanks for sharing them with us. Glad you are having such a fantastic time. (Note to self: trip to the Islands in 2008? Hmmm...)
Aloha,
A trip to Hana is the ultimate example of "it's not the destination, but the journey that matters" and, oh yeah, "who the hell taught my spouse to drive?"
Sounds like your trip is going well, it's been fun to read your blogs. I know you don't want to think about it this soon, but let us know when your flight returns and we can pick you up at the airport. Speck could use a r-i-d-e!
Have fun! Speck's, mom and dad.
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