Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii


These are various pics from around the park, most are from inside the crater and the rain forest shots are from the Kipahulu area and Waiamoku Falls. I GUARANTEE that all these photos were taken by me and are the property of the Supreme Commander (insert Hellfish disclaimer here).


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I rented a Fat Boy in Kona, the Fat Boy is the motorcycle Fat Boy(s) again West Maui Mountains from the picturesque Wal Mart parking lot Kapalaoa cabin inside Haleakala crater, we spent two nights there, very cool Na Mana O ke Akua, inside the crater, notice Taco Bell hat view from the cabin looking North toward Na mana
view from cabin looking West Sunrise at Hana, Maui local plantlife, probably invasive coastal bay near Hana Another bay near Kipahulu area some trees, sorry Ron don't know what kind, they're not Osteomeles Anthallidifolia, I know that
Test location at Kalahaku overlook at 9000 ft. that cone behind me is over 800 ft. tall, I climed down into the smaller one, not fun parking lot area for the overlook, way above cloud cover looking east into crater toward Kaupo gap only shot I got of the Heritage softtail that I rented, other than the parking lot shot Our buddy Ron, RM Manager of the park, Cyndy and myself (in Taco Bell hat)
better perspective of the scale inside the crater, we're going down 'sliding sands trail' toward 835 ft. Pu'u Maui Still on the trail, there's about 8 horses further down the trail if you look close view from inside the small cone in the crater, that's Tom way up on the rim A magnificent view of the crater with clouds creeping in thru the Kaupo gap A rare 'silver sword' found only inside this crater, cool
Oh NO! Its the fog, its the guys with the hooks coming to get me! No kidding, this stuff rolled in each day just like in the movie crater that I hiked/fell into more silver swords Taco Bell hat again
Waikiki during the fall '02 trip I actually did take this photo, Waikiki Great shot of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea from Maui, very cool, tallest mountains in the world (they go all the way to the sea floor) whale breeching right in front of me while I was working...no, not really great shot of the North Shore, this is the view when you jump at Dillingham airfield West Maui mountains, awesome, we saw these every day but we're working in the east mountain, Haleakala
Paliku job site, a little far from civilization at this point Junzo! Na Mana Okea Kua site The Crew Seated at 5 pm, fed at 8 pm, out at 9 pm, wooohooo! 'Fat guy on a little bike...'
carrying marine batteries to the Waiamoku Falls, ouch, there's gotta be a better way... site setup at 9000 ft., the florida guy doesn't look too cold Makin' a mess and burning myself with the wood stove, can't take me anywhere..