The Schroeder's

Day 2 on Maui took us on a 9.5 hour drive around the island on the well known road to Hana.

Hana Hwy

We started off with a book from the bed and breakfast that had a bunch of places along the highway to stop and see some great sights.  It had something for almost every mile.  We got a little confused at the beginning because APPARENTLY along the highway the mile markers reset after about 15 miles and we didn’t know that.  So when it said there was something at the 11 mile marker it was actually the SECOND 11 mile marker.  Who knew?

The road is incredibly windy and Erin had to stop reading while riding due to car sickness, so we would pick one stop, go there and then pick the next.

A View Along The Road to Hana

One of the places that was suggested for stopping for some good banana bread was Aunt Sandy’s Banana Bread.  According to the book it was better than one of the more well known stops a few miles down the road.  So we stopped and got a little loaf to try and I have to say, I’m glad we did.  I can’t say it was the best I’ve ever had, but it was pretty darn good.

Aunt Sandy's Banana Bread

A little way down the road from Aunt Sandy’s (away from the main road) was a baseball field with restrooms attached.  We had to stop by there (for some reason, with a pregnant lady, bathrooms became a common theme) and I got chance to see a Hawaiian baseball field.  Let’s just say it’s not exactly a high priced complex, but it definitely gets the job done.

Hawaiian Baseball Field

Now let’s fast forward to a stop between miles 22 and 23.  According to our guide book there would be “an awkward trail on the ride side of the upper falls, but if you go past it for 5-10 squishy minutes there’s a much heavier untapped falls and pool just above the diversion ditch that’s taking much of the lower falls’ water.  When the trail gets to the elevated waterway, you have to walk along it, then across. Only 100 more feet upstream is your prize.  The falls make an ideal photo op – you know, the ME UNDER A WATERFALL shot.”

So off we went, and it was definitely muddy.  We were both wearing sandals (not exactly the best choice for hiking) and I lost my sandal in the mud more than once.  I went barefoot for a while until we had to cross some areas with a decent amount of rocks.  My tender feet weren’t quite ready for that.  It was a bit more than 10 minutes when we found the elevated waterway that we had to walk across, so we did.  At this point we’d probably been walking 15 minutes.

We walked the 100 feet and saw no waterfall.  So we kept going…and going…and saw this.

Not exactly an under the waterfall shot.

So we had to walk back.  A failed 25-30 minute hike to see an awesome waterfall and getting quite muddy in the process.  We crossed back over the elevated waterway.

When we finally got back to where we started we decided to take a picture with the waterfall that was there at the beginning.

We’ll continue the Road to Hana a little later.