New England Photos Extra - Maui Part 3

This is my last installment of the photos I took while on holiday in Maui.


How would you like this house? What a view, whales out your window and surf lulling you to sleep at night.


Another photo of the Haleakala Crater.(I had this photo for a screensaver for a while.



In the foreground of the photo in the rocks is Charles Lindbergh's grave. This church is on the road to Hana.


One of the waterfalls along the Road to Hana. It was raining that day so the area is misty.


Here is a Taro Farm; Taro root is what Poi is made of. Poi is the "starch" that Hawaiians eat. It is served at luaus and lets just say it is an acquired taste.


I took this photo from the Maui Mixed Plate Restaurant(great place to eat).


We went on a little tour and this woman, our tour guide, showed how to husk coconuts. I did learn something, coconut water, the liquid in a coconut should be clear not milky; if the water is milky it is bad.


Proof that I did go to Maui, this was taken by another tourist.

New England Photos Extra - Maui Part 2

This is in Haleakala Crater, you can take a horseback ride down into the crater. As you can see it is rather dusty; this is the Sliding Sands Trail. The company that runs this particular ride is Pony Express Tours.

The Haleakala Silversword Plant is an endangered plant that grows on the Haleakala Volcano.

Along the Road to Hana, we stopped and I go this photo of the surf crashing on the volcanic rocks. It was raining so the sky was gray that day.


Red Crested Cardinals, this look cool but they are an introduced species to Hawaii.



I kept on seeing these "chickens" everywhere I went. I thought they may have been Feral Chickens, escapees from early farms. I did some research an found out the are Jungle Fowl, they are said to be early decedents of our domestic chickens. These Jungle Fowl may be crossing with feral chickens; they look like chickens to me. This one stood in the middle of the road and would not move for the cars.


On the way up to the Haleakala Crater and passed a handful of bicyclists; I took a quick photo of this guy as he reached to top. I have to hand it to these guys; the road up is at least 30 miles long and the elevation at the top is over 10,000 feet...all uphill.


Speaking of bicycles; at this one place along to road to Hana(which will remain anonymous)is a place that you can peddle this bicycle to run a generator which in turn runs a blender. I thought it would be real cool to have a smoothie that I generated the power for. BUT, the girl behind the counter would not serve us because she wanted her lunch(they don't close for lunch). She told us to come back when she was done. So, no fun, no exercise, no smoothie, no cool story, end of story. That is all I have to say about that.

New England Photos Extra - Maui

Hey There - Sorry I have not been blogging lately but I will try to catch up. I do have a excuse, at least for a week. My wife and I took a trip to Maui and caught up with my wife's sister and her husband who are there on holiday.

Here is a few photos I took when I was there; to keep with the New England theme I will post "One by land and two by sea".


Hakeakala Crater at 10,000 feet; inside a dormant volcano.


Breaching whale on a Whale Watch Boat.


Splash Down.

Misquamicut Beach in Winter

Westerly, RI - My friend Dan and I took a road trip to Rhode Island. Here he is walking down the beach while I was busy taking photos.

SOPHIE AND THATCHER AT THE BEACH

Charlestown, RI - Sophie and Thatcher enjoying the beach. This was Thatcher's first time in salt water.

BEACHCOMBING AT LOW TIDE

Stonington, CT - These are two photos that I took in Stonington during low tide. The sandy beach is on the other side of the road.


Beachcombers


Rocky place for a dock.

STONINGTON CT - OCEAN VIEW

Stonington, CT - This is the view of the ocean from Stonington, CT.