Maui Vacation 2017 Day 6 - Friday - June 30

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protea flowerMount Haleakala Science Lab On Friday we took a trip to East Maui via the Road to Hana. since we had our grandson with us we decided to just drive to the Garden of Eden ( about 1/3 of the way to Hana). We stopped at Twin Falls on the way to the garden. after hiking the Garden we headed back to Hookipa Beach and Baldwin beach.

Twin Falls

Kamaole Beach south mauiTwin Falls was running (which is not always the case) . By the time we got back to the car, the lot was overflowing. Slide Show

Garden of Eden

Downtown Makawao The Garden of Eden is a huge park with plenty to see. We followed the the trails to 2 waterfalls, through a bamboo forest, and a duck pond. Cameron liked the painted eucalyptus trees and the paper bark tree. Slide Show

Hookipa Beach

Kula Botanical Gardens We stopped at Hookipa Beach, located 5 miles east of Paia, to view the wind surfers. To my surprise there weren't any, but we found 15 turtles resting on the beach. Slide Show

Baldwin Beach Park

Hookipa wind surfing beachJust south of Paia is Baldwin Beach Park. This is another great family beach with bbqs, tables, shade, life guard, rest rooms and more. I just stopped to take some pics. We would have stayed but we couldn't find parking in Paia and everyone was starving. Slide Show

Dinner - Pizza

Mount haleakala SunriseWe finally made it back to Kihei stopping at Shaka Pizza for our late lunch. Later on that evening we ventured out for some shaved ice. Slide Show

Shaved Ice

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