Maui (Day3)

Our third day in Maui was a short one as our flight was at 4pm. We decided to save Haleakala National Park for this day. We did not want to get up at 3am to see the sunrise. We were on vacation...which equals sleeping in!! We drove up to Haleakala National Park around 10am. It was a very long and very windy road. The views driving up the mountain were spectacular as we got higher and higher. It was also neat to drive through the clouds and drive above the clouds.






In the background is an observatory affiliated with the University of Hawaii and the military also uses it for operations. It stands at 10,000 feet.


This is a rare plant called the silver sword



Haleakala National Park is at 8,000 feet. It was pretty cold up there, even in the late morning/early afternoon while we were there. The volcano is dormant. There are many hiking trails in the crater but we did not have too much time to wander around. We took some pictures but mostly video taped as we were driving up and on the way back.