Maui

EIGHT SHOTS FOR SEPTEMBER 2018

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  1.  #HAWAII

We ended up taking a last minute vacation to visit Maui again in September.  I had always wanted to go back and take better pictures, as well as visit Hana again.  Before our reservations at Mama’s Fish House…we took a few shots in their beachfront yard.  There were couples and families everywhere trying to take selfies, so I enjoyed offering help with their photos! Mama’s Fish house was wonderful and a dinner with an ocean front view that I will never forget!

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2. #ALOHA

On the way back from Hana…we pulled over to snap pictures of this perfect rainbow!  My husband loves rainbows (and puppies) so we were sort of competing with who could get the perfect shot. Maui is a magical place and everyone should be able to go once in their lifetime.  We toy with the idea of one day moving there, but for now we are happy with where we are.

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3.  #ART

We woke up to feed to Koi in our hotel’s pond every morning.  They were so big and their eyes are so big that they seem like little dogs to us!  I wanted to pick one up and hug it but the koi wouldn’t have liked that I’m sure.

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4. #BREAKTIME

Mama’s Fish House has an amazing beach front view…and as we were waiting for our reservations, this turtle had come up on the beach for a rest. He was huge!  It was nice to see nature undisturbed and doing it’s thing.

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5.  #SAILINGOFFINTOTHESUNSET

Our last night there, we just sat and enjoyed the sunset together. We rented a studio near Whaler’s Village and the beaches there were great.

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6. #KSTENNISUSA

He is always going a million miles per hour.  Sitting still and quiet is a rare thing. So this was a special moment. Watching him quietly enjoy the beach and sunset, trying to Iphone the perfect photo.

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7.  #HANA

I have wanted to get back to Hana for about 5 years!  The Road to Hana is magical to me.  It’s partially jungle overlooking the ocean.  It’s got winding roads with one lane bridges …which you really shouldn’t drive on your own.  It’s best to take a tour because the drivers are used to the dangerous curves and one lane areas of road.  It also frees you up to enjoy the view.  This is not the type of road trip that the driver can afford to take their eyes off of the road.

8.  #WIFELEADSHUSBAND

This is funny because there are those great photos from the travel blogger couple that shoots all of their photos this way…I think it’s #girlleadsboyfriendallovertheglobe or something…but either way my husband is getting artsy!  We were probably on our way back from our most recent shaved ice visit. Most of my photos end up across my instagram @stephaniedawnsjoberg or @bosscatbeauty for the beauty related posts!

 

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TWELVE SHOTS FROM MAUI

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    Maui was the most amazing place to me.  It seems eerily close to the descriptions of Heaven that people who have “died” and then been brought back to life, describe. 

     Beaches are wonderful and all, especially the amazing Black Beach, shown above, which was on the road to Hana.  For me, however, it was the rain forests and surrounding areas of Hana that took my breath away.

     This very narrow one lane bridge on the road to Hana was just beautiful to me. It was the lush  and colorful foliage that was most amazing.  It struck me to the core, that this is what heaven will be, and probably what the earth now, was meant to be.  When you think about the nutritional value of our fruits and vegetables declining, I assume they are not studying the samples from here.  The colors of the plant life here is so bold and intense, a sure indicator of the unspoiled ground.

        The colors on this thick, beautiful tree bark were astounding. 

     

      The stories of Heaven you continually hear, is that Heaven is the same as Earth, except the colors are better, more vibrant. This surely must be what is meant.

l    This shot was of the Oheo Pools which is a beautiful place to park and swim.

     Charles Lindbergh had a farm and was buried here and it’s now a Memorial. it was peaceful and serene, and basically is on a cliff overlooking the ocean.

     Out of the 600 pictures that we took, I’d decided on the 12 best that showed the true wonder of this magical place.  It is sometimes so hard to capture true beauty with a flat snapshot.  If you do go to Maui, you must take a tour to Hana.


     While Hana was amazing, there were other great areas as well. 


      This picture was taken from our table on the deck of a restaurant while having lunch in LaHaina.

     

     Another day trip we took together, was the drive up to the Haleakala National Park.


     It was great to be able to stop and take our time as we drove through the rural mountain side.  The temperature changed drastically from the bottom, which was around 83 degrees, to the top, which was about 50 degrees with the wind blowing like crazy, which made it feel like 35.


     

     As we made our way through the clouds, we eventually arrived at our final destination – over the clouds and on top of the mountain.


     

    That is my Maui.  It was the most wonderful time I’ve ever had, and a wonderful opportunity to see beautiful land at it’s finest, un-tampered with state.    


THE   END 

–November 12, 2012

–SDS

 
 
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