 | | Looking down on Taupo during backpack.
Haleakala Crater
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 | | Luau at sunset!
Old Lahaina
save file: small medium large |  | | Me and Jackson on the sliding sands trail on the first day of the backpack.
Sliding Sands Trail, Haleakala, Maui
save file: small medium large |  | | Here I am at Paliku Camp, one of the most amazing places I've camped out at. Great towering cliffs, chirping birds, Nene coming right up to you, and us eating 1/2 cooked ramen and having a farting contest (yeah, i won. 53-26-12 or something like that)
Paliku Camp, Haleakala, Maui
save file: small medium large |  | | Topo Map of Haleakala Crater with trails marked.
Haleakala, Maui
save file: small medium large |  | | The whole group at the Old Lahaina Luau
Lahaina, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Oh shy Jackson. Get a handful!
Lahaina, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Departing the bay to go snorkeling
Kahului, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | View from our condo
Kahana, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | *Yawn* What kind of idiot takes a sleeping bag to hawaii? Sheesh...
Kahana, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Where some warriors holed up/fought from during some... island issues
Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Hey, not all people that take pictures in hawaii are asian... here's a brit doing the same : )
Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Random nice beach....
Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Someone wanted to go hiking... it wasn't me!!!
Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Chris, G, Kathy, Veronica, Jackson, Loren
Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Jackson and Kathy wondering how many chopsticks could be made here...
Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | I seem to have a penchant for getting into cold muddy water... among other things...
Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | So on the road to Hana there's this little bitty sign, maybe a few inches high. Says "banana bread" it does. So we follow this totally random road and it end here at this beautiful place and these kids selling bread. And it was amazing. We bought every loaf they had! Pictures don't this place justice (nor that bitch that ruined my shot!)
Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | That's us in the road causing a traffic jam (because i'm so hot)
Road to Hana, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Ok, enough hiking already.
Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Maui isn't all beaches...
Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Hana: home of $15 tuna fish sandwiches on wheat.
Hana, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | We drove all this way for this? Well.. the drive was nice since we beat all the retirees, but there's not much here.
Hana, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | After several hours sitting next to each other in the car it's was enough for me to take a flying leap into the water : ) I almost forgot to take my spectacles off however...
Hana, HI
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Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | The gang watching the ocean show...
Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | The famous 7 sisters pool/falls.
Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Past Hana there isn't much. The terrain turns into a desert with cactus, then as it wraps around to Kihei some more agriculture...
Outside Kihei, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Jackson, Loren, Me, and Kathy having a fastfood/traditional Hawiaan lunch
Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Lance being Lance- so i wanted to drive around the western side of the island (not allowed by hertz) but no one else wanted to. Um... so i borrowed the car at 6am to do it. Hey.. i was back by 9am. Sheesh.. it's not like the rest of them would be awake, right?
Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Every night we had a great sunset!!!
Kahana, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Sitting around the condo waiting for dinner...
Kahana, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | The last dinner :/
Lahaina, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Jackson as we are about to go to the airport. Good trip!
Kahana, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Classic Maui. We were walking to get camping fuel.
Kihei, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | This would be a romantic shot but it's just me and Jackson.
Kihei, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Looking down into the Haleakala Crater from the visitor's center. Our trek would start at the bottom right. The first night would be spent toward the bottom left, 2nd night top/middle, then we'd hike out via the Kaupo gap at top right.
Haleakala, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | So we got a 3am taxi to take us to the top so we could get an early start. Great so far. But the ranger doesn't get in until 7:30 to hand out permits. Doh.
Haleakala, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | A hilarious sight. All these folks lined up to take a 14mile bike/coasting ride to the bottom. On hindsight the bike company could've saved us a few bucks by giving us a ride to the top....
Haleakala, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Action Jackson at the start of the backpack
Haleakala, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Jackson and me during the decent into the crater...
Haleakala, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Hiking into the crater
Haleakala, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | A silver sword and horse train in the distance
Haleakala, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | More mars hiking.
Haleakala, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | So Loren missed his plane and we started without him. As the sun was going down we saw a speck of white in the distance. He made it to camp just as it turned dark, which was a good thing as this was before headlamps and super sharp lave rocks are everywhere. $1500 for another plane ride for him : )
Haleakala, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Hiking day 2 start
Haleakala, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | There's a big hole here....
Haleakala, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Loren during a break enroute to the best campsite in the world! Kaupo gap in the distance.
Haleakala, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Still day 2, big change in scenery!
Haleakala, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Hunk-a-stud me
Paliku, Haleakala, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Loren taking in the scene at
Paliku, Haleakala, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | These Nene bird would come right up to you, way cool. No natural predators. As you can imaging they're having darwinian issues at the moment...
Paliku, Haleakala, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Heading out, day 3. In the Kaupo gap.
Haleakala, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | We're in a rain forest now...
Haleakala, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Screw the ramen, i'm having rasberries! We gorged on these wild berries! Way Tasty!
Haleakala, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Loren
Kaupo Gap, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | So being the first through a trail in the early morning means we get to knock the dew off the plants. Great. A lot of good wringing out our socks did. A hour or so behind us was this guys BP'ing w/ flipflops. Stupid hippie got his boots stolen while sleeping on the beach.
Kaupo Gap, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Kaupo off in the distance.
Kaupo Gap, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | The trail crosses some private land but they're nice enough to let us hikers pass.
Kaupo Ranch, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Moo!
Kaupo Ranch, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | All that brown in the distance? That's desert. Yup, with cactus and everything. Yes, we're in Maui. Seriously.
Kaupo Ranch, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | This is where i ran out of water. After lending a litre to Loren. Dammit.. it's hot here. But we're almost at the end.
Kaupo, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Yea, we made it! At the famous Kaupo Store.
Kaupo, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Loren snorkeling at Kanapali
Kanapali State Beach, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Sargent Majors
Kanapali State Beach, Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | The gang snorkeling
Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | More underwater fishies. As opposed to abovewater fishies...
Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Um, yeah. Jackson isn't the best swimmer so he rented a yellow floatie so he wouldn't drown. Yep, it kinda makes it hard to snorkel...
Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | Loren, Jackson, Veronica, Kathy!
Maui, HI
save file: small medium large |  | | The Magic Wan
Maui, HI
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