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We stayed at the Grand Wailea resort. There have pretty extensive and elaborate grounds there with quite a bit or art. |
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We ate breakfast on our balcony. |
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There's a great walkway along the shore. We spent time checking out the tidepools. |
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One day we drove up to Haleakala National Park. Zero to 10,000 feet in just a couple of hours! |
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The GPS agrees. |
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The observatories at the top. |
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We also went to the 'Iao Valley State Park. This is the 'Iao Needle, "The phallic stone of Kanaloa, Hawaiin god of the ocean." |
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Three out of four 'aint so bad ... |
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While we were there, it started to rain very hard. The kids liked it though. Warm hawaiian rain beats cold Seattle rain any day. |
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At a mall, we found this huge vending machine selling some kind of skin product. |
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Later that night we walked by and in the Four Seasons hotel where we stayed 6 years ago when Dinarte Morais brought us there for his 40th birthday. It was raining off and on. |
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One day we enjoyed the brunch at the Grand. Peter loves strawberries. |
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Kenny and Eric visited the Cane Sugar Museum. |
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There is an old but very active sugar will there. |
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The old equipment used to collect the cane for the mill. |
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A traditional Portuguese Oven used to cook practically everything and, as I was told, even used to heat houses! |
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Kenny Soup! |
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A hand driven cane press. |
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Looking into the sun never yields good pictures. |
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The Grand's beach is fantastic. |
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We checked out the Kealia Pond Boardwalk. |
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Where we met Dr. Leisure (George Harker). A very friendly fellow. He seems to be an expert on nude beaches. |
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We spent an afternoon in Lahaina. The banyan tree near the court house is the largest on Maui. It was planted in 1873. |
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