Our first stop on our cruise was to Maui. We spent two days there. The first day, we spent the entire day driving along the coast on the famous road to Hana. This road has over 600 turns and over 25 one lane bridges. The road is only about 30 miles long, so you can imagine that it would make you very carsick if you drove too fast. We made the round trip drive in about 8 hours. We made lots of stops along the way to admire the incredible scenery. These pictures do not even begin to do it justice. These are a few pics along the drive:
(Don't these cows have it made?)
The next day, we drove up the coast to the nort end of the island. We had to check out the Hard Rock Cafe. Again, no surfing. We did find some people doing some snorkeling in a beautiful cove. Turns out that cove (Kapalua Beach) is the #1 beach in America. This beach lives up to it's reputation. It was beautiful there. We were probably 150 feet above these people in the water. This coral was beautiful. We didn't get a picture of the beach for some reason.
We also went to visit the Iao Needle. Legend states that some Hawaiian gods lived on top of this point and people would come here to worship their gods. This place was very interesting. The drive in and the drive out of the park were dry as can be. While we were there it rained the entire time. This jungle area gets over 400" of rain per year. The plants were beautiful.
We ended our day visiting Haleakala National Park. This place was incredible. We drove to an elevation of 10,023 feet above sea level. We drove through the clouds and came out above them. After seeing the jungle if the Iao Needle, we were suddenly in desolation. At that altitude, nothing could grow. It was 30 degrees cooler than at sea level. In the valley of these mountains, there were 6 small volcanoes we looked out across. 
Click on the pictures. The small images don't even begin to serve it justice. 
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