First Post - Haleakala

OK, so this is my first blog post and I'm starting with a hiking trip in Maui. Not very grumpy or curmudgeonly, but what the heck. My wife was off on a snorkeling trip and since I get violently motion sick, I decided to do some hiking in Haleakala National Park.

I did a rather long 10.2 mile round-trip hike that had over 2500 feet of elevation change and by the time I got back (the walking-up part being at the end), I was completely wiped out. However, before my near-collapse from exhaustion, I did manage to snap a few pics.

This first one is of the trail...



This is looking back on part of the trail on my way back in.



The clouds started to roll in and I walked part of the way back in a rather dense fog.



I took significantly more pictures than this, but the area is so vast and open that there is no sense of scale associated with them, alas.

I did manage to revive enough to get down to the beach with the rest of the group to see this sunset, which was the best one we saw all week.



And, since I'm not above stealing ideas, I took this pic of the life guard shack. Matt had the idea to take it an Lisa suggested where to stand to get the light behind the palm tree.



So, there it is. Lisa has much more to say and many more pictures, but I at least wanted to say something about my little adventure.