Road to Hana (Super Long Post)

So after a nice dinner at Mama's Fish House, Eric and I went back to the hotel to pack and get ready for our trip to Hana. Hana Highway is dangerous. It's made up of 52 miles of 617 curves and 56 one lane bridges. Yes, 56 one lane bridges. If you drive it without stopping anywhere you can finish it in about 2-3 hours. However, Eric did some research and found that the best way to do Hana Highway is to stay a night in Hana.

Eric and I left early that morning and stopped in Paia to grab some sandwiches. I had bought a small cooler the day before and packed some ice in it along with sodas, water, and snacks. We added our sandwiches in there because Eric learned there is barely any food on Hana Highway. Heck, there's not much food choices in Hana itself.

Maui Revealed, is a book that was recommended by a couple we know, Josh and Sarah. Along the way we met some people who also carried the book, In fact, all over Maui people had those books either in the car, backpack, or in their hand. I went through the book as Eric drove to find some spots that interested us. Anything that costs money and we had back here in St. Louis (like a botanical garden) we skipped.

One hot spot was something called "Ching's Pond" This place will give Eric and I the best memories because of the people there. Eric and I went in the water, but it was too cold for me so Eric went in by the waterfall. As Eric went in for his camera to take some pictures his waterproof container that had his driver's license, credit card, and cash fell out. We had enough of the pond and hiked back up to our car. As we began to dry off, Eric took extra time for some reason before getting back in the car. I think it was because he was so wet from swimming he wanted to dry himself off a little more. All of a sudden we think that we hear someone yell his name but we ignored it. A few minutes later a couple came by and asked if Eric was Eric from Missouri! His waterproof container had floated to the people in the rocks! Eric hiked back down to retrieve his container with nothing missing. We were so grateful for those wonderful honest people. Imagine the pain it would be to lose your license. How would Eric get back home without a driver's license to get on the plane? We were lucky.

Ching's Pond

My face when I touched the water in Ching's Pond

Eric and I with the nice scenery!

I don't remember the name of this waterfall, but notice there's three!

Me and some chickens on the side of the road!

Wainapanapa State Park
It's a Black Sand Beach!

I'm having trouble with uploading a video of Hana Highway that shows bicyclists, huge trucks and the curvy roads! Hopefully we'll get it up on the next post!