What a day... and what views. We wanted to catch the sunrise up on top of the volcano... but alas, we just couldn't tear ourselves out of bed that early to get up there (3:00am wakeup... hey.. we are on vacay!) So, the next best thing, we left a little before lunch and were not disappointed on bit! It's spectacular... you climb, climb, climb... up through and then above the clouds. Temp on top was about 55 degrees and extremely windy, but sunny.
Just beginning the ascent... we are looking towards the West Maui Mountains
Just beginning the ascent... we are looking towards the West Maui Mountains
Notice the no left turn sign... Excuse me, if we went left, we would drive off the cliff!!!!
And we are starting to look down on the clouds....
The craters on top.... colorful, barren and beautiful!
We were at 10,000+ feet !
Interesting lava rocks... reminded me of the Dragon's teeth we saw earlier in our visit!
This plant is only found here... the 'Ahinahina'... pretty interesting... google it for more info!
Yes, it is just this beautiful and colorful!
A little trail we took up... up... up....
I look like I'm slumping... I hear my mom... "Sit up straight Jean Marie!"
Can we say w-i-n-d-y !
When we got down from the mountain, I went to get a drink from my water bottle... I guess you can say the air pressure was quite different on top vs the bottom!
Like a whole new island.............beautiful!
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