I do not have a green thumb. Well, it is somewhat difficult to take care of a plant when I am 3,000 miles away. My sorry Peace Lilly was perky and vibrant when I left. I am feeding the necessary nutrients and hope that it will be just as perky as before.
I have also finally caught up with all of my posts! Now, I can take my small vacation from my vacation!
The view from the hotel room on the last day of vacation. The last day…Glad to be heading home and sad to be doing so. Overall, I would recommend a visit to Maui and encourage folks that do so to jump out of the resort areas and see what's out there. My wife and I discovered many little eat spots that were recommended to us by locals. It was also neat to see the diversity of plant life that is crammed into the island. I will be coming back to Maui.
Zipline! We took a zipline through a forest of trees that are not indigenous to Maui. It was everything I thought it would be, just like the South Park episode.
The people that ran the place were actually very cool. One guy, despite his side job as a zip master, went to every single state and planted a tree that was actually indigenous to the locale. He plans on making it into a documentary. I mentioned the trees we were zip lining through. Those were planted by folks sometime at the turn of last century to help prevent erosion.
I have never swam so much. I think I feel I have to. There is this large natural swimming pool being offered to me so I must see what it offers! Luckily, on one of my excursions I saw a large sea turtle slowly moving along giving me the slightest bit of attention before he slipped deeper down into the ocean.
I like to experience a place I travel to by hiking when I can. I read about the Waihee Ridge Trail and saw that it received a lot of positive reviews so I choose the trail for the hike. The trail starts off near some sleeping cows in a small field and has a serious incline. Eventually it leads past some of the strangest trees and plants that I have seen. Once on the ridge I was treated to a beautiful view of Kahului and the valley leading into the mountains. Unfortunately, once we were close to the top we were surrounded by clouds. Which was actually kind of cool but the view suffered. While walking the trail I noticed thousands of fiddlehead ferns poking out of the forest floor. In Maui the locals call the fern Pohole. When the shoot is still young they pick them and use them in a variety of recipes. I had the chance to try some and I was pleasantly surprised at the taste. This little guy was almost four foot tall and was desperately reaching for the sun so that it can provide its tasty little shoots.
Today we took a Road to Hana tour that had someone else driving us. The road is often called the "Divorce Highway," and since we wanted to continue our relationship my wife and I thought it was in our best interests to take the tour instead. It is very easy to take an island for granted. The seemingly short distance around the island can actually take all day due to road conditions. The trip was beautiful though and my wife and I avoided divorce…for the most part. I like to take pictures of her because, she is my wife. My wife on the other hand thinks that no photo evidence of her on vacation should exist.
I wanted another sand picture. This one is on the black sand beaches of Honokalani.
