Are you having fun with Becky B’s #TreeSquares. The days of this month are flying by and we are down to the last week of trees. Becky’s only rule is that at least one photo has to be square.
My goal for this month was to start at home in Prescott and spiral away highlighting trees farther and farther away from my home. There are so many trees in Maui, HI, that I’m sure you won’t mind spending another day there.
Road to Hana
In January of 2016 my blogging friend, the Eternal Traveller, Carol and her husband and I braved the 52-mile bus ride to Hana starting super early where we met at a restaurant with this view out the window. (Yes, it looks like that and it’s real!)
Since Vince gets car sick especially if he isn’t driving, he said no to the trip because the Road to Hana winds around the southern 64.4-mile-long (103.6 km) stretch of Maui. The highway passes over 59 concrete and steel bridges some dating back to 1910. Along the way we curved approximately 620 times through lush, tropical rainforest.
Most of my waterfall pictures came out blurry from riding on the bus or with too many reflections. The waterfalls were all this beautiful.
We didn’t have too much time to stop officially since we stopped for passing trucks along the way. Carol enjoyed her first views of “American” wildlife. I think a squirrel entertained her during lunch. I missed it but to me the view out shown the squirrel.
In August 2000, the highway was designated as the Hana Millennium Legacy Trail by President Bill Clinton which prevents extensive repair and upgrading to be done the road. Manny, my Teddy bear and I think the road could use some improvements.
All of us bus passengers held our breath and wondered how two giant vehicles going opposite directions on a one-lane road could keep from going off the cliff. We used the wait time to take pictures while the bus sat still. In June, 2001, the Hana Highway was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Arriving at Hana was about half of the trip. But it seemed to smooth out a little after that.
Coming up
- PPAC #6 aired on Cee Neuner’s blog on Friday. If you missed it, you still have almost a week to post.
- I’m so excited to announce that Cathy Cade will be hosting her friend Wendy Fletcher for August Story Chat. Wendy Fletcher is the leader of Cathy’s u3a writing group. For more information about Story Chat and how you and your writing group can contribute and get involved, see my Story Chat page.
- Tuesday will be the Story Chat Summary and your opportunity to provide input to make Story Chat even better next year.
I hope you enjoyed the ride, even though it doesn’t begin to do justice to this trip. Enjoy the weekend where you are.
Marsha Ingrao - Always Write 
31 responses to “#TreeSquares: Road to Hana”
Great pics of the road to Hana. My favorite road ever. 😁
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What a beautiful ride, despite the challenges of the road and of taking photos through glass! I don’t like lying in the sun (I fry!) so those beaches suit me just fine, as they’re perfect for taking photos 🙂
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They suited me, too. I like to walk on the beach, but this one is more suited to just photos.
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Your road to Hana looks amazing, Marsha. I would love to get over to Maui someday. That one shot of the stops was a naked plumeria plant! I was surprised to see some evergreens(?) in that first shot of the golf course!
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That is the only think I regret about giving up our timeshare. We had so much fun sharing with with others and traveling to far away places.
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crikey I am not sure I’d have copied with the ride, but the views are stunning 😀
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It’s not a ride for everyone. The other couple with us went snorkeling instead. I wouldn’t have been so brave if the bus had headed over the cliff! 🙂
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ooh no, not sure anyone would have been!
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I’m not a super fan of mountainous roads especially narrow ones. But if you are going to go on one. This was worth the effort. I’m going to share a few more pics today when I get the post finished. 🙂
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It looks fabulous, Marsha! Here’s to many more happy days! My family are due to arrive this evening and I’m all of a dither….
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You are so cute. Our is coming in September for the first time since we moved. The dithering has already started. 🙂
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That was such a great day. I was really glad we were in the bus but Mr ET reckoned he could have driven. Happy memories.
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Mr. ET can do just about anything. Vince might have been okay to drive, but I’m not sure I would have been okay to ride. 🙂
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omg these are awesome Marsha… You would not want to know or maybe our trip to Hana.
38 years ago. we had to turn around because i think there was a flood.. road were horrible. On the way back I shouted out to the ones heading there “the pools were great”. However could I have done that. we turned around and much to my husbands dismay we went back the next day. omg 💖
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I’m not surprised. We drove from the other direction once, and walked in to an area on a path that was supposed to be a path, but it was a river instead. We had to turn around. Others were coming out with their bathing suits on. I think flooding is pretty common. The ground is saturated and they get so much more rain that we are used to. It’s like breathing water some days. But I would go back in a heartbeat. 🙂
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for sure .. I have to imagine they have paved those roads by now, don’t you think?
oh it is a def adventure and I so agree. I loved every minute and I’d go again too!🥰
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After President Clinton declared it a National Historical highway, the bus driver told us that it prevented any more improvements. I’m hope it has been improved or at least maintained sometime in the last 38 years. I’m not an expert about it, though.
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oh wow, I hadn’t heard that! So interesting to know and unfortunate. How wild is that. I thought it would have been better since he declared that… 🤷♀️❣️
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I’m impressed that you went into this month with a plan for your tree posts Marsha!! I’m loving seeing all your shots and that painted bark on the eucalyptus tree is beautiful. Such a lovely collection 🙂
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Thanks, Deb. I sort of copied my friend Carol who had a theme to her posts last time, so I thought I would do that this time. It has worked out well except when I take some new tree pictures that don’t fit because I have a theme. 🙂 LOL
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have heard that is quite a scary ride, but I am sure tte waterfalls made it all worth it…
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It’s something you do once at least. It was worse going around the northern rim because we did it on our own in a car. I honestly don’t know how we made it! 🙂
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must have been a relief to get to the bottom…
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Fortunately, we never saw the bottom – of the cliff – at least! Oh, that kind of down. 🙂
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Wow! I,like that,first, early morning image……fabulous lIght
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Isn’t that amazing? It took our breath away. That was taken through a window from the restaurant where we stopped for a light breakfast and to pick up the rest of the tour group.
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Well, it worked well!
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Thanks, Sue. 🙂
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Great photos of a beautiful place!
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Thanks, Rebecca.
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