Maui: Day 11

Yesterday we took a drive up to the top of the larger volcano on Maui called Mt Haleakala. The elevation is 10023 ft so that make it quite cold up there. It gave us some absolutely spectacular views though. On the way down we stopped to watch a hang glider take off but the wind wasn't blowing and he just sat there waiting so we left. About 2 minutes later we looked over and saw him soaring through the air (if we had only waited another minute or so we could have seen him jump). We did get to watch him land though, which means that it took him almost the same amount of time to hang glide down the mountain as it did to drive. If I was up there I would have taken my time and kept catching the up drafts. We stopped for lunch in a little town along the road back but all the restaurants were full so we continued to the next town which was Paia. We found a little restaurant called Charlies and had lunch. On the walls there were tons of Willy Nelson paraphernalia. Jake's dad asked if Willy partially owned the restaurant and the waitress said that Willy comes in every morning for breakfast around 8am whenever he is on the island. The rest of the day was pretty uneventful. We went back to the condo and just chilled for a while then went over to see what the rest of the fam was doing which also happened to be just chilling. So we hung out there for a while then went home and went to bed. Below are some of the pics from the top of the volcano. Enjoy!