The Road to Hana
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008For those who do not know, we have taken a sanity break (vacation) to Maui. We have been here before, and find it very relaxing. We are currently staying in the Up-Country area of the island. We found a cute B&B called the Hale Ho’okipa Inn. We actually visited a winery yesterday, and purchased some pineapple wine. Nothing like what we drink back in California, but a nice departure. Today we actually made the drive out to Hana. It is a beautiful 33 mile twisty, turny road along the northern coast of Maui. There are plenty of beautiful picture opportunities and waterfalls along the way. We made it there in only 3 hours, which is fairly short considering all of the bad tourist drivers on the road. We had lunch in Hana and decided to go to the red sand beach. It had started to rain on our trek down the hidden path to the beach. By the time we got there we were soaked. It was a beautiful, almost surrealistic, hidden beach. The beach looked deserted until we got down there and found a small group of people in a small overhang area. One of the locals was polite enough to inform us that “faggots do not belong on this beach”. We had our look around and left. It is hard to believe in this day and age, that ignorant people like this still exist.
Tonight we are off to a great dinner at the General Store. Our friend Rick recommended it, and we ate last night at one of his recommendation, Momma’s Fish House, and had an incredible meal right on the ocean. I’ll post pics when we return, and keep everybody updated on the rest of the trip.