FLOWERS, PIGS, SANDWICHES AND A TON OF WATER

I am not sure how long I will be able to write this post…my laptop is hotter than hell.  I am not sure why..all my programs are shut, I am not running a game and I haven't changed the surface I always use.  But it is hot hot hot.

Hana….not quite made it there but we did get to Nahiku, George Harrison's area.  I have travelled this road many many times and I have never seen so much water.  In fact in some areas where there are always waterfalls and pools, you couldn't even recognize it there was so much rushing water and four times the normal size falls.

It always amazes me how beautiful it is along that road.  I always swear I won't take any more pics and then come home with 150 or more.  The road was very busy too, it being Easter Sunday.  In fact Maui is full of tourists too.  Maybe it will die down now that Easter is over.  One can only hope.

We took along a cooler full of sandwich makings and stopped in the hippie grocery store in Paia for bread product.  In the past we always got a large jar of pear nectar for Spod to drink plus an apple pie.  But now that his sugar numbers are down (still too high but better) and he is feeling better he is quite willing to forgo those treats.

We stopped many times along the way for pictures, we went through many little rain squalls, and finally arrived at Keanea (sp?).  I love it there.  This is where my penis rock is and where we always have lunch.  The wind was blowing hard,  the waves were exploding on the craggy rocks and the sea was a roiling black, turning sea green as they rolled close to shore.  

From there we carried on to Nahiku, about ten miles this side of Hana.  Its a few miles down to the wee village, passing jungly foliage, lava tube caves, the odd Hawaiian home tucked into the flowers and greenery.  Along the way home owners have placed beautiful flowers in buckets, a for sale sign, $1 per stock, a little container with dollars in them.  

Near the end of the windy bumpy road you come to the most beautiful little yellow church, set in green lawn with flower beds housing old and new grave sites.  The church is always open.  Inside you will find humble wooden pews leading to a pulpit under a beautiful stained glass window…the window donated by Harrison and his wife many years ago.

We then continued on through the jungly road alongside a beautiful rushing stream to  the ocean, with the most magnificent views of the rugged coastline.  We sat and enjoyed for a while.

Instead of heading straight back up the hill to the Hana road, we detoured down what looked like a pretty decent dirt road.  There were no houses or sign of humans.  I do know that the Harrison estate was down along this road somewhere.  We drove quite a long way when Cookie, who was sitting in the from seat, suddenly shouted "Spod STOP!!!"  The road was leading over a little fairly steep hill into a dip and up the other side.  That dip was full of running water!  There would be no way we would have been able to make it through!  So Cook and I got out and explored it while Spod backed up and turned the car around. There is water everywhere out there right now.

Going back the way we came is like a whole new trip.  Everything looks so different from that direction!  So another lot of pictures were taken!

Yesterday was our last day with Cookie..so it was kind of a sad bittersweet day.  We went into Kihei and did some shopping.  We stopped in a few places and she found the last few things she needed.  In the afternoon she and I went to the pool and floated around.  It was very hot yesterday.  Then back to the condo, made some supper and enjoyed it out on the lanai.  Soon it was time to take her to the airport (shovel list) and dropped her off.  She called this morning, made it home safe and sound.  I am really missing our early morning coffee together.  We were always up by six, coffee in hand out on the lanai or on the couch checking our emails and facebook.  TTYL

EUCALYPTUS TREE…THEY SHED THEIR BARK EVERY YEAR AND LEAVE A RAINBOW BEHIND

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE UNRECOGNIZABLE SPOTS

FIRST TIME WE HAVE SEEN WILD PIGS

BLACK SEA TURNING GREEN

THE EDGE OF KEANEA

SPOD GETTING THE PERFECT SHOT

TARO FIELDS, AND UNLIKE MOST VISITORS, I LOVE POI

WHEN THIS POOL DIES DOWN AND GOES BACK TO SEAGREENS, I AM COMING BACK TO GET THIS PICTURE TO MAKE INTO A WALL SIZE PICTURE

NAHIKU CHURCH

THE WASHED OUT ROAD

THIS IS A PICTURE APRIL TOOK..YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HERS AND MINE…SO I NEED TO GO BACK WHEN THE WATERS DIE DOWN AND TRY TO GET ONE AS BEAUTIFUL AS APRIL'S