West Maui mountains from Kihei
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Waihee Valley hike on a suspension bridge. The area is a tropical rain forest, or close to it. Just two miles away is the ocean. The valleys and ridges here are about the steepest I’ve seen, climbing them off-trail would be extremely difficult. Iao State Park, the oft-photographed needle, which is about 250 [...] This 10,000 volcanic mountain on Maui is dormant, but not extinct. These photos were taken from the top, where the winds at times were 60 mph with a temperature of 49. Hypothermia weather indeed. A park ranger told me the weather can be anything from idyllic to heavy snow. Winds can range from 0 to [...] Sugar cane and tourism are the main industries in Maui, where Sue and I are honeymooning. Vast tracts of the island are cane fields. The cane mill spews pollution into the air on a daily basis. The owners of the cane fields refuse to allow roads through them which means everyone must drive way out [...] 10,000 ft. Mt. Haleakala on Maui erupts every 200 years or so, and when it does, a type of lava called a’a flows down the mountain to the sea. This photo of me was taken in the large a’a flow areas on the Kings Highway hike. A’a at first glance looks likes soil freshly turned [...] |  | ||||
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