Biking a Volcano

We are here.....on Maui.  

Today was special so I decided to do a quick blog post and share.   But to start I have to show you the view from the beach just in front of our hotel.   Isn't it gorgeous?   Yup.  Totally.

Haleakala is the volcano that dominates the island.   It's a bit over 10,000 feet.   We did one of the bike rides that goes down the volcano.   Instead of a group ride, we did it freestyle.....meaning the tour company provided us with all the gear and hauled us up, then left us to descend and return to their shop at our own pace.   The only way to do this, in my opinion!    It was so much fun.    Here we are at the start:

This is a view towards Kihea...the town we are staying in.....at the beginning of the ride.   The sky is so blue and the ocean so blue that you can hardly tell where one starts and stops.    We didn't get many pictures on the ride as we were going downhill to fast to take pics and I didn't really want to stop every two minutes to take them. 

We passed through a grove of eucalyptus trees.  Oh boy was the smell wonderful!   The trees were beautiful.

It only took us about an hour and a half to get down the volcano and back to Haiku where the shop was.  Pretty fast.  We're looking forward to going back to Haleakala to do some hiking in the crater later this week.   After returning our bikes we stopped in Paia.....hippy town as one sign said.   LOL!   Had a wonderful lunch and did some shopping. 

Once back to our hotel we did what we've been doing every evening.  Suits on....relax on the beach, watch the humpback whales in the distance and wait for the sun to set.  

Aloha!