Our first Hawaiian sunset.. Saturday night Sept.17th 

The view from our lani looking down on the pools.. fairyland... 

Sunday morning the sun was coming up over these mountains ... the view off our lani 

Sunday took this picture looking down from 7th floor the inside walkway, the base of the tall palms... 

Having breakfast on the patio of the breakfast bar and pantry.. where people would by a mug that they would fill with coffee or other drink all the time they were there... interesting to people watch and also the birds would come and look at you till you gave them crumbs...  

Enjoyed walking through these botanical gardens and seeing lots of unique tropical plants and interesting birds... forgot my camera in the car so didn't get pictures inside 

Stopped at Grandma's Coffee House for lunch on Monday... had a very good lunch and lots of atmosphere.. our rental car.. good ride 

Looking down from Kula into the Maui valley of sugar cane and pineapple...Kahului off to the right.. where we flew into on Saturday 

Monday we decided to drive around the West Maui... Larry said he wouldn't do that again...one lane in many places...very tight squeeze a couple of times...Tomorrow is the Road to Hana and we will let someone else drive... 

That's a long way down... on this very narrow winding road... Monday 

This was the beginning of the Road to Hana.. Torch Ginger. Tuesday

This is called torch ginger... strange coming up amongst tall leaves... but they aren't the flower ... that is inside these petals that are actually a kind of leaf

Not sure what these are but they are lacy and beautiful 

White ginger blossoms 

The tree in the back is an African Tulip tree and the one in front is the rainbow shower tree 

Huge vines climbing the trees.. drive said it is in the philodendron family 

We stopped and the driver threw out a muffin and the mongoose came running... the guide book says they are considered a pest and have destroyed all of the ground nesting birds... sad to say 

Our stop along the way to appreciate the black sand beach 

This is called a Giant Sumatran lily.... locally called Queen Emma Lily 

Caught this waterfall out the window of the van we were riding in with 10 others... the AC leaked on another couple from near Boston, Mass. and ourselves for the whole trip to lunch. past Hana.. changed vans after that... so we had waterfalls inside and out...;-) 

Stopped here for people to go swimming if they wanted to... some did 

This tiny blue flower was called a weed by the park ranger 

Stopped at this grave site in a small church graveyard in Kipahulu 

After our all day trip we came back to this... neat promise... 

Look at this tree... above the 9th floor... wouldn't want to clean the old palm branches off that one... or any for that matter... 

Couldn't believe how tall the palm trees were in the inside of the hotel... we were on the 7th floor and a couple reached above the 9th