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Originally posted by Graniteguy:
No worries on the Ocean Center. Maui's reefs are the Ocean Center. Grab a mask/snorkel (cheap to rent) and you can see quite a bit in 4 feet of water. Just stay away from the turtles - they tend to be the favorite snack of the resident Tigers.

Yeah I am bringing my dive mask and snorkel and have researched some good snorkeling spots to visit. I would love to do a dive while I am there, but I don’t want to leave my mom alone that long.

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Originally posted by Hildur:
One other thing I thought of is to stargaze. You're in the middle of the Pacific with no major cities to light the sky. Night skies in cartoons in movies were real in Maui.

For sure! I have a couple good star gazing apps.

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Originally posted by P210:
This take out place is on Dairy Road, near Costo. The Chef Owner decided he’d rather do this than run fancy restaurants. Worth a try if you’re nearby and its open.

https://tinroofmaui.square.site/

Chef/owner Sheldon Simeon is arguably Hawaii's best chef and certainly a very popular one leading the resurgence of 'Hawaiian cuisine'. He's a local boy who made good on Bravo TV's Top Chef, while not winning the overall comp, his charisma and down home cooking style shone through making him a local hero of sorts. Highly recommend a meal at Tin Roof, also over in Wailea at the mall, he has nicer sit-down restaurant serving elevated familiar local dishes called Lineage.

Edit- Found out Simon is no longer apart of Lineage, which is too bad their loss. Their fish specials were awesome.

I am having an AMAZING time here and much of it is due to suggestions from everyone! Today is my last day and I will fly back tomorrow. When I get back I will post a recap of what we did and upload some pictures. I will have to figure out how to upload the video of the Haleakala sunrise; I made a time lapse video of it. It was great but cold; I was well prepared because you guys said it would be cold.

My mom and I stayed at a friend's house and I had the downstairs mother-in-law suite to myself. This was the view from my balcony.






The first day we took it easy, went to Costco to load up on things, and visited Upcountry.

Makawao Forest Reserve



View near Hula Lodge


Thompson Road


Day Two was Road to Hana









Stopped and ate at the Huli Huli Chicken Shack with great view of ocean and red sand






Next day was West Maui and a drive around the top of Maui




Stopped at Kahekili Beach for snorkeling and swam with sea turtle


Honolua Bay



Acid War Zone Trail - this was like being on Mars!




Nakalele Blowhole



Next day was the sunrise atop Haleakala - this was awesome!








Next day was South Maui and stopped at pretty much every beach and drove down to the lava fields






Then since this was our last night there, I took my mom for a sunset dinner at Hula Grill





Thanks again for all the suggestions. It made for a well planned out trip!

Norman, you're making us homesick with your beautiful Maui photos!
Great sunrise photos--clear enough to catch Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island.
We've spent lots of time at Hosmer Grove. Did you see any native birds?
The Road to Hana--we did it many times. Not much at Hana, but the journey is definitely the destination. One of the photos looked like Waianapanapa. Did you get to see that?

Very glad you and your Mom had a fantastic trip and got to see so much!

Aloha nui loa!

Sad to say...I'm not seeing the pics.

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Originally posted by Warhorse:
Sad to say...I'm not seeing the pics.

Me neither. This is what I get. This is true for several members' posts. Everyone elses is clean and clear. Go figure.

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Originally posted by bald1:

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Originally posted by Warhorse:
Sad to say...I'm not seeing the pics.

Me neither. This is what I get:

Have you tried right clicking the icon and choosing the 'open image in a new tab'? It works for me.

Jim

That is exactly what I had to do to view the photos.

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Originally posted by Jimbo54:

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Originally posted by bald1:

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Originally posted by Warhorse:
Sad to say...I'm not seeing the pics.

Me neither. This is what I get:

Have you tried right clicking the icon and choosing the 'open image in a new tab'? It works for me.

Jim, of course but with this number of pictures it is a royal PITA.

Thanks for sharing the images.

You and yours have a lot of good times and memories.



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Originally posted by bald1:

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Originally posted by Jimbo54:

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Originally posted by bald1:

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Originally posted by Warhorse:
Sad to say...I'm not seeing the pics.

Me neither. This is what I get:

Have you tried right clicking the icon and choosing the 'open image in a new tab'? It works for me.

Jim, of course but with this number of pictures it is a royal PITA.

Patience Oh bald1, patience.

Jim

The weather was pretty much perfect and it looks like you made the best of your time during your visit. Glad your Mom had a great time too.

my last trip to Maui was for 2 weeks and other than one trip to the top, and swimming just about every day it looks like you had a blast

very happy you both had a great trip

Very nice presentation. It's obvious that you both had a great time. Thanks for posting.

I visited Maui in both 2008 and 2014. I did the Road to Hana and Haleakala in 2008 and didn't do them again in 2014.

flashguy

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Originally posted by sjtill:
Norman, you're making us homesick with your beautiful Maui photos!
Great sunrise photos--clear enough to catch Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island.
We've spent lots of time at Hosmer Grove. Did you see any native birds?
The Road to Hana--we did it many times. Not much at Hana, but the journey is definitely the destination. One of the photos looked like Waianapanapa. Did you get to see that?

Very glad you and your Mom had a fantastic trip and got to see so much!

Aloha nui loa!

On the way down from Haleakala we stopped at each outlook. I stopped at Hosmer Grove and LOVED IT!!! I could have sat there all day listening to and watching the birds. I saw lots of Iwi and got a picture of one but he was far away and for some reason I could not upload that picture for some reason.

We tried to stop at Waianapanapa, but they only let people in with reservations which I did not know and they were full so they made me turn around without entering.

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Originally posted by bald1:

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Originally posted by Jimbo54:

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Originally posted by bald1:

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Originally posted by Warhorse:
Sad to say...I'm not seeing the pics.

Me neither. This is what I get:

Have you tried right clicking the icon and choosing the 'open image in a new tab'? It works for me.

Jim, of course but with this number of pictures it is a royal PITA.

Aw man that sucks! When I open the post I see them, but probably because I posted them. I am using the hosting site of one of our members.

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Originally posted by P210:
The weather was pretty much perfect and it looks like you made the best of your time during your visit. Glad your Mom had a great time too.

It is unreal how so many things worked out for us. It is as if the angels were with us. Even got a call from the Old Lahaina Luau letting us know a spot opened up for us if we wanted to come. They were fully booked until December, but it was the day we did the sunrise and we were totally exhausted from that day. It was such an amazing trip.

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Originally posted by Jimbo54:

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Originally posted by bald1:

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Originally posted by Jimbo54:

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Originally posted by bald1:

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Originally posted by Warhorse:
Sad to say...I'm not seeing the pics.

Me neither. This is what I get:

Have you tried right clicking the icon and choosing the 'open image in a new tab'? It works for me.

Jim, of course but with this number of pictures it is a royal PITA.

Patience Oh bald1, patience.

Jim

At least check out the sunrise! I think I captured an amazing picture of it. I also did a time lapse video of the sunrise that came out amazing.