More Maui Views

Ol' Dave left his oatmeal bowl on our lanai the other morning, and the resident cardinals quickly moved in. They're cheeky blokes...they started salvaging when he was still sitting at the table!

Wailea Beach on the south Maui coast. Apparently, it has been voted the best beach in the world on occasion. It is awfully nice, good swimming and snorkeling, but a little short on waves most days, including this one. Behind the beach is the Grand Wailea resort, an opulent five star property. I didn't work hard enough to be able to stay there.

Polo Beach, just south of Wailea. A pleasant shoreside path connects the two. The Moorish looking hotel in back of the beach is the Fairmont Kea Lani. Didn't work hard enough to stay there, either. Good snorkeling near the rocks just to the right of the picture. I was glad to see that both here and at Napili Point, there was a lot of brightly colored, healthy looking coral. A nice contrast to the dead reefs seen in many places.

Ho'okipa, on the north shore of Maui. This is a world renowned spot for both board surfing and windsurfing. Here a couple surfies are riding medium-large waves...they get a lot bigger than this! Local custom is that the board surfers have the beach til 11 AM, then the windsurfers take over. However, on this day, on the eve of a Kona storm, there was only a light south wind, so the board guys were out in the early afternoon.

Nearing Hana, Waianapanapa State Park is a fine spot to stop. There's a black sand beach, sea caves, a blowhole, and lots of jagged lava rock. The last eruption in the area was about 500 years ago.