Photos from 2002 September 20
Another view of the west mountain while driving on Haleakala, but this time Im driving along the mountain highway to the northeast, rather than down to the northwest. The country here is wildly varied, as you will see.	This little town impressed me for being off the beaten path, yet still having art galleries and an interesting ethnic mix. The old-style main street was very quirky while still being largely functional (i.e. still meant for people that live there rather than tourists).	The diversity of landscape as I drove across the northwestern face of Haleakala was really striking. Within moments, I might see rolling hills, cane fields, rain forest, and then turn a corner and see the ocean spreading off to the horizon. The next couple of photos are views along the road.	This shot is 180 degrees to the left of the previous shot.
At the trailhead to get to Twin Falls is a fresh fruit and juice stand, where they pulp the cane right in front of your eyes (they feed the stalk right into a little gizmo that crushes it to a pulpy juice -- yum yum!)	A flower I saw along the trail.	Diversity of plant life along the trail to Twin Falls.	Some kind of old stream dam and redirect system; clearly hadn't been used in years. Covered with moss. Interesting design, though.
The first of the two waterfalls I saw today. As I turned away, there was a huge splash. Somehow a young man had made his way up to the top and jumped off into the pool. I have no idea how he got up there, but I wish I had gotten a photo of his plunge into the water. :-)	More trees I liked.	More *tall* trees I liked.	A huge tree I liked because it had vines all over it.
Another waterfall.	More trees I liked; these because they were all twisted.	I liked the combination of flowers and colors on this plant.	View up Haleakala from the north facing south.
Someone trying desparately to catch a wave on the north shore.	View to the west on the north shore of the east part of the island.	Some really cool rocks by the shore.	Another view of the rocks. I was thinking this would be a really fun place to go swimming, but I didn't have my swimsuit with me. Drat.
The formations were so fascinating, with their twists and turns, and the blue ocean stretching off to infinity in the background.	I didn't even see this guy was swimming there; I took the previous photo, then looked up and suddenly he was standing there. Moments after I took this picture, he jumped down into the tidal pool to the right. That would have been a really cool place to swim.	Apparently, this >Kitesurfing< is all the range. I have no idea how these people control the things, but it was impressive to watch.	The colors washed out a bit, but this was a nice sandy cove tucked between the rocks.
This was heading up into Iao Valley, the cleft in the west mountain. It was stunningly beautiful. Lush forested steep hills and winding roads.	This is the Iao Needle.	This is the view back to the east, toward Kahului. According to the signs, there was a huge battle here in the 18th century when one king was trying to consolidate rule over the islands. The bodies dammed the river. This valley was also where kings of old were buried.	Okay, maybe youve guessed by now I have a thing for twisted trees. :-)
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