Friday October 10, 2014 Lahaina, Maui, HI

Today our plan was to have a late breakfast and drive northeast along the coast.

We had some coffee in our unit and caught up on e-mail and face book.  The three construction/repair projects noisily continued on the resort property.

We walked to the Ono Kau Kau restaurant which was just off the resort property on Lower Honoapiilani Road, south of the ABC Store. There is a key card controlled gate behind the convenience market.  The Ono Kau Kau is a small local restaurant.  The dining room is very clean and only has 4 tables for 4 and 2 tables for 2 on the outside.  The menu is expansive; breakfast all day, mixed plates, hamburgers and Chinese food.  Gerri and Neva had breakfast, I ordered a mixed late of Mongolian beef and chicken katsu.  This restaurant is a gem.  Good food, large portions and a reasonable price.


















There was a small fruit stand outside the restaurant and we bought a coconut to snack on later.  The operator of the stand put on quite a show opening the coconut with a LARGE machete.


After a short stop back at the room we got the car and started north on Lower Holoapiilani Road.



Our first stop was a small park and beach area where Gerri and I had seen sea turtles.














We saw no turtles today.

We continued along the road north through Kahana, Napili and Kapalau.  The road turns, changes names to Office Road and meets Hwy-30.  We turned north.  H-30 continues along the coast.  Well, above and near the coast.  It also goes back into the valleys created by streams, following the lay of the land.  A lot of this area had been planted in sugar cane and more was used for ranching.  When along the coast the views were spectacular.  When in the valleys the foliage was lush  and trees were thick.  There were several places along the road that had parking and paths down to popular surfing or snorkeling beaches.  They were all crowded.

We stopped at a few overlooks for  pictures.  One was overlooking a surfing area, Hono Lua Bay.  There were a lot of surfers in the water waiting for waves.  We drove on but turned around before reaching the point where the rental car companies forbid their cars.










On the way back we stopped at a blowhole.  We walked out to a point that overlooked the blowhole.  There were paths that lead down closer to the blowhole and lava points that go into the ocean.










The point was very windy.  I had to use the chin strap on my hat.  It was difficult to stand against the wind to hold a camera steady.  I made a short movie of the blowhole blowing.  The wind noise on the video is very loud.  If you watch the movie turn your sound down.

On the way back to the Papakea we went back by the park.  There were still no turtles. Probably because of the rough surf breaking on the rocky beach.  Back at the Papakea we played a game of dominoes and wonder of wonders I won another game.  That makes all of us tied with two wins each.









At sunset there was still a lot of wind and clouds behind us but the sunset had only a few clouds. We had a salad with tuna for dinner.  As our time runs out here on Maui so does the food supply we have on hand.  There will be more dining out these last few days.  Some reading, TV and computer time finished the evening.