Hana revisisted
2 weeks ago Chris and Steve and Mini and I were all able to camp in Hana. Mini wrote a blurb on our family blog, and she did an alright job for her first post ever, so I'll just repost the whole thing here:
On Thursday the 19th, we left to go camping to Hana. We packed up the Suzuki and took off in the morning. Steve hadn’t been there in over twenty years and Chris and I (Megan) had never been. We made a stop at Hana Bay to stretch our legs. There is a cute little town and a really nice beach with a popular hole-in-the-wall plate lunch place called Tutu’s.
Here is a picture of our camp in Haleakala National Park. It was beautiful! You could take a walk right out to the ocean.
Apparantly, it was not recommended you swim here:
After setting up camp we took a drive to find the Red Sand Beach. The directions we had were not too clear, so it took a bit of wandering. There was a trail that led right down into this cove. It was awesome and the water felt so good after the hike there. Little did we know it was a popular nudie beach! Just kidding… But we did get an offer for some weed, but figured we already had enough, so we turned it down. hehe
The next day (Friday the 20th) Jeff, Christin, and I got up to do some hiking. It was only like a 4 mile hike- round trip. The trail starts out pretty rocky, then it leads you through a bamboo forest. There are a couple bridges overlooking green valleys on the way.
At the end there is a waterfall that’s about 400 feet high or something. It’s HUGE; the pictures just don’t do it justice!
The famous 7 Sacred Pools were just a walk away from camp. We all got in our suits and took a swim. They really were amazing.
On our way out of camp we stopped to see where Carl A. Lindberg is buried. It was such a quaint and peaceful place. On the grounds is this old chapel that was built in the 1800’s; so old and still being used and still as cute as ever.
Last stop was the Black Sand Beach. There is this lava tube you can crawl into and the water comes crashing right into it. It’s a really fun beach.
On Thursday the 19th, we left to go camping to Hana. We packed up the Suzuki and took off in the morning. Steve hadn’t been there in over twenty years and Chris and I (Megan) had never been. We made a stop at Hana Bay to stretch our legs. There is a cute little town and a really nice beach with a popular hole-in-the-wall plate lunch place called Tutu’s.
Here is a picture of our camp in Haleakala National Park. It was beautiful! You could take a walk right out to the ocean.
Apparantly, it was not recommended you swim here:
After setting up camp we took a drive to find the Red Sand Beach. The directions we had were not too clear, so it took a bit of wandering. There was a trail that led right down into this cove. It was awesome and the water felt so good after the hike there. Little did we know it was a popular nudie beach! Just kidding… But we did get an offer for some weed, but figured we already had enough, so we turned it down. hehe
The next day (Friday the 20th) Jeff, Christin, and I got up to do some hiking. It was only like a 4 mile hike- round trip. The trail starts out pretty rocky, then it leads you through a bamboo forest. There are a couple bridges overlooking green valleys on the way.
At the end there is a waterfall that’s about 400 feet high or something. It’s HUGE; the pictures just don’t do it justice!
The famous 7 Sacred Pools were just a walk away from camp. We all got in our suits and took a swim. They really were amazing.
On our way out of camp we stopped to see where Carl A. Lindberg is buried. It was such a quaint and peaceful place. On the grounds is this old chapel that was built in the 1800’s; so old and still being used and still as cute as ever.
Last stop was the Black Sand Beach. There is this lava tube you can crawl into and the water comes crashing right into it. It’s a really fun beach.
posted by heeble at 10:11 AM
4 Comments:
Hehe... it still seems like you guys are just on a really long vacation.
Swimming in sacred pools eh? Is there a story behind the sacred pools? Do the gods like it when you swim in their pools? Do you meditate in the pools and burn incense? Maybe some of that weed you mentioned? So many questions...
ah, yes. many, many strange questions.
in fact there is a story behind the pools. the guy who owns the hana hotel wanted to attract people to hana. he could tell potential visitors they could visit Oheo Gulch (the real name), or the Seven Sacred Pools (which he just made up). Pretty funny.
I guess the way to tell if the Hawaiian Gods are OK with you swimming in their pools - a gush of water doesn't sweep you into the ocean and shark-infested waters. Look it up, it's happened.
And you of all people should know that swimming and getting high are a dangerous combination. Didn't they teach us that in school? Seems like I remember that from Mr. Shaw or something. Maybe not...
By any chance that was the grave of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, the aviator that flew solo across the Atlantic in 1927?
Yes, but I happen to know his friends called him Carl :)
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