Maui - Day 2

Tuesday we wanted to sleep in, but of course bc of the time difference we were ready to go by 6am. So we headed out for breakfast with Matt and Beth. We decided we wanted to go check out the twin falls, so we ventured to the other side of the island. Twin Falls is one of the first stops along the Road to Hana...let me explain this road. It is as windy as you can imagine and goes on FOREVER. They have lots and lots of places to stop at along the way, but there is only one road that goes around this side of the island. You typically need 6 hours to drive it in and out, and that's with hardly any stops. By the time we made it to Twin Falls, we decided that since we were there we might as well take the time to drive to Hana and see the other sights along the way...BIG mistake. HUGE mistake. Twin Falls was closed bc of high water so that was a bummer. We drove, and drove, and drove. There was one other place we wanted to see...the 7 sacred pools. So we bypassed a lot of the other hikes and things to see bc we wanted to get through it. We were all car sick bc it was so windy. And of course we got to the sacred pools and they were closed as well due to high water. Such a bummer!!! Nothing like wasting 3 hours driving just to see that it was closed! We ended up going around one of the gates to take some pictures but we weren't able to get in and swim. Such a disappointment. Oh well...at least we can say we drove the Road to Hana!!! Instead of going back the way we came we took our chances with going on the "non-insured" road for rental cars. It wasn't bad at all...just a little dirt road for a couple of miles. That drive still took 2 hours to get back to our area, but it was so much prettier and less windy. Instead of winding through the mountain we were on the cliffs looking over the ocean for the majority of the drive. It was still fun, although we were so hungry we were all a little ornery. We grabbed dinner on the way back to the hotel and just relaxed for the rest of the night.

 Josh and Matt jumped into the water here based on the recommendation of all the drunk people standing there. They showed them the under water caves and Josh said it really was awesome. Beth and I, on the other hand, stayed on this little cliff with these drunk people that were definitely getting a little too close. Luckily Matt and Josh finally showed back up and we were able to make it out of there without a problem!