Visiting Maui (Hawaii) in April 2009

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The signs don't seem to keep people from going down to the beach, but we didn't see anyone in the water. The surf was pretty rough, as were most of the rocks along the nearby coast.
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Past Hana, we saw this field with these stone structures. They are about 10 feet across, or more
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We didn't want to stop long at this waterfall because we had just passed some people driving extremely slowly. We didn't want them to get ahead of us again - there are many places to pass on this narrow and winding road!
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The road past Hana, going clockwise around the island
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Another arch over the ocean
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We're in the lee of Haleakala now so the area is very dry. You can see the layers of lava where the hill has been cut away for the road
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A very pretty gorge in a very rugged area
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Day 5: Bubbly lava formations at Viking Rock. We were there to look for a geocache (we found it on our second visit).
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Day 6: We drove up the dormant volcano Haleakala to hike in the crater. This area is called Upcountry Maui and is used for ranching
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A silversword plant in a small garden outside the Visitors Center. This is a National Park
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A silversword after it has flowered
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Looking into the crater from the rim
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It is unusually cloudy in the crater today
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This endangered species, the nene, is related to the goose and nests in the crater
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Nene prints?
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The nenes forage along the trail, looking for crumbs dropped by hikers?
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That cinder cone is our destination
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Silverswords in the wild
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A silversword up close
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Steve views our destination at a fork in the trail
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Silverswords next to the trail
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This one has a brush cut
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About the time we got to the cinder cone, the clouds started closing in
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Our destination, the rim of this cinder cone

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