The heavenly highway is the Road to Hana. We heard a lot of mixed reviews of this adventure in Maui. Most people were over-exaggerating the experience! A few warnings we heard…”You have to start at the crack of dawn to get it done before dark.” “You do not want to finish on the other side after sunset it is impossible.” “Do not go all the way around, turn around at the Seven Pools.” “The Road after Hana turns into the Moon!” “Cows are everywhere careful not to hit one in the dark.” “You can’t drive your rental car all the way around.” With all the negative we heard, we also heard it is a “must do” and “you gotta have a convertible.” This was the excursion I was most looking forward to doing. We had two kids to bring with us, so I know we could not do much for hiking. I researched some of the waterfalls that we could see without a long hike involved. There is plenty of information in the book “Maui Revealed” about the road to Hana. It was a Saturday January 14th and it was a beautiful morning! I believe it was about 11:00am when we started the Hana Hwy in Kahului. The beautiful beach below started the vistas for the day. We forgot to fill the fuel tank before we left Kahului. Make sure to fill up there or in Paia! We had to fill up at the only gas station in Haiku. It was way more expensive but the owner of the station was a great local guy. We weaved back down from the mountain village of Haiku to the Hana Hwy.
