Hawaii Trip 2012- Part 4

 After the road to Hana day we were really tired. We took it easy in the morning and had lunch on our lanai. Hunter was chomping at the bit so Powell took him for a ride in the convertible. He is obsessed with cars right now and was really excited to have the car we got. He was the one who chose the color when we got to the rental car place. After lunch we headed to Wailea. It is where Powell visited with his family for 3 summers in a row and then they moved there for a year when he was in 6th grade. Wailea is such an amazing place. I wish we would have taken a few more pictures there. We played on the beach and walked around.

What a stud!

Lunch on the lanai overlooking the ocean.

We saw a turtle while we were eating lunch.

Polo Beach is next to Wailea Beach. The Polo Beach Club is where Powell and his family would rent a place each summer.

The condo they eventually bought and then sold is in the background. We are sooooo sad they didn't keep it!

We wanted to keep the Sabbath Day Holy but we still had things we wanted to see so we thought the volcano would be a good choice after church.

Lahaina First Ward

After driving through the upcountry (which is also very beautiful), we went to Haleakala National Park. Remember we went from sea level to 10,000 feet. It was quite a climb. The kids had fun watching the temperature climb from 80 down to 40.

Overlooking the crater formed by the volcano. It was huge!

If we weren't hiking around, we were pretty much freezing. The wind was super cold. Luckily we packed gloves, long sleeved shirts, jackets and warm socks.

We hiked part of the way down into the crater. Notice the volcano cones in the background.

 

Powell during the sunset

It doesn't even look cold but we were huddled together waiting for the sun to set and it couldn't come fast enough. It set at 6:59 pm that day.

We were ready for dinner after our day at the volcano. We stopped in Lahaina and ate at Cool Cat Cafe. The burgers were super good.

Powell had some kind of Southwest Burger that had jalapenos, guacamole, tortilla chips etc. on it.