We took a drive up to Maui's crater, which can be found in Haleakala National Park. The drive was beautiful, windy, and an experience in itself. You travel from beach to cowboy country, through proteas and jacarandas, onward to silverswords and space stations. Unfortunately, the day was rainy and the clouds were socked in, so we weren't able to see as much as we would have liked to. The crater sits at 9,745 feet above sea level so it was fairly cool, and we were dressed in beach attire, and we felt quite frozen. We took and quick peek around, went inside the Visitor center, read some of the blurps about the the crater and took off back down the road for warmer climates!
The road up to the crater.
Not easy to see but this is the view of the crater from
the inside of the info building.
The nene... a Hawaiian goose.
Ahihi-Kina'u National Park Reserve is an area that experienced Maui's last lava flow around 120 years ago. We parked the car and took a short hike along a path that takes you through the flow. The black rock makes the landscapes look as if you have entered another world!
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