Maui Holiday Day 2

Friday it was supposed to be cloudy and rainy so we choose to go to the Maui Ocean Center for the day. It was a huge indoor aquarium. We saw every type of Hawaiian fish there is. After about 2 1/2 hours we had seen it all and decided to head out to west Maui to check out a blowhole someone had recommended. We didn't know much about the blow hole, except that we were to stop driving at mile marker 38 and hike down to it. We we stopped at mile marker 38. There were stones stacked in piles from visitors who believe there is some significance. There is none, however we stacked out pile of stones overlooking the ocean.

We saw a couple of hikers following a path, so we thought they were going to the blow hole, which they were. However they were taking the long way. 2 hour long way. We hiked over lava rocks and boulders down a side of a cliff. Emily did great on this hike. She was so excited to see the blowhole. She had bought a postcard at the Ocean Center of the blow hole and was carrying it, so we made sure we knew what to look for. After this long and hot hike we found the blowhole. However it was low tide and nothing was happening. Feeling sad that we would have to make this long trip again at high tide we headed back 2 more hours back up to the car.

By the time we got back to the car we were starving and tired and decided to head back to the hotel. But Don wanted to drive just a few more miles down the road. Not 1/2 mile down the road was a big pull off and tons of cars. Don pulled over to see what everyone was looking at. Maybe another blowhole? The kids and I stayed in the car, while Don ran down to look and guess what he found??? He found the same blowhole we had been at with only about 5 minute easy hike. We laughed and laughed. How silly of us, to walk all the way around the cliff. Oh well at least we knew it would be easier the next time.
After leaving the blow hole we decided to stop in Lahaina for dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe. Lahaina has a great wharf village full of fun shops and restaurants. We parked our car at the largest baynon tree we had ever seen. It took up a hole block.

After walking around some of the shops, we stopped to watch someone wood carving . Don loved this. So we bought one. We had the guy carve our names in the back of ours. And the one we bought stands for family protection.

We had dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe, where Emily, Michael and myself all bought tee shirts. After dinner we walked over to Bubba Gumps restaurant and looked thur their gift shop. They have some of the cutest tee shirts. After we finished shopping we headed back to the hotel to swim in the pool again and go to bed early. We had had a busy day, but tomorrow was going to be even longer. We had a snorkel trip planned and had to get up at 530am to make a 630 boat. Yikes that's early when your on holiday.