SUNDAY MEMORIES
Judy Wills
Reblogged
We had planned for our next adventure to be to drive to see the Haleakalā Crater. It was a long drive, and we stopped several times along the way just to take in the island beauty. We saw lots of sugar cane fields, and a few pineapple fields, as well.
We stopped at the Visitor’s Center at 6500 feet up. This most unusual Silver Sword plant grew all around that area. We were told that the Silver Sword plant only grows in that area near the Haleakalā Crater – nowhere else in the entire world! Gorgeous!
We stopped again on the way up to get some pictures, and were amazed that the ocean color is really as blue as it is in this picture! Beautiful!
The summit of Haleakalā Crater is 10,023′ and the air is thin and quite cool. We were glad to have our sweaters and jackets! Silver Sword plants were quite abundant there. Inside the pavilion was a legend telling about “The Life of a Volcano.” Interesting.
We arrived at the summit about 10:00 a.m. – and the FOG rolled in! We were told we needed to be there for sunrise to see the crater. Someone should have told us that before, right? On our way up, we were passed by a man and his sons on their way down. His comment as he passed us was, “Best view of the clouds you’ve ever seen, right?” So we had to content ourselves with pictures of fog – and postcards of what we would have seen at sunrise. A very impressive sight, to be sure.
Since we are known for being directionally challenged – we totally missed Kula, so we drove on down to Kahului for lunch. On our way after that, we stopped and took some gorgeous pictures of Molokai in the near distance. Really a beautiful island.
When we finally drove into Lahaina, we stopped at the Lahaina Cannery Mall, thinking to have a light supper. But somehow we found that, if you go through the mall, to the other side, and then outside, across the street is a unique outdoor restaurant, called the Aloha Mixed Plate. Nothing fancy, but the food was delicious! As a side note – when we returned to the mainland and told Fred’s sister about this little restaurant, she had never heard of or seen it! Something for them to explore on their next visit to Maui.
~~~~~More to come~~~~~
Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years .
Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing. Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.
After moving to Central Florida, she served as a church secretary for nearly nine years.Her main hobby at this point in time is scanning pictures and 35mm slides into the computer. She also enjoys scrapbooking.She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren, including grandtwins as well as a great-grandson and a great-granddaughter. She and her husband enjoy the Disney parks as often as possible.
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