Day Four: The Road to Hana
23 July ’14
Distance Walked: 11.4 km
12:30 PM - Driving to Hana
We hit highway 360 to drive the infamous narrow road to Hana. Hairpin turn after hairpin turn, it was a nauseous ride for some, while a traumatic drive for others.
4:10 PM - Haleakala National Park
We’ve reached the end of the road to Hana! Now it’s time to go on a 2.5 hour hike! Wait a minute…none of us have eaten anything.
4:49 PM - Trucks on the Side of the Highway
It would have been insane to go hiking on an empty stomach, so we backtracked to a tourist spot of the road to Hana where we cleared out this one guy’s stock of banana bread and avocadoes for the day.
5:16 PM - Haleakala National Park II: Electric Boogaloo
Upon obtaining some foodstuffs, we go back to our original plan of hiking through the park and its luscious bamboo forest.
8:32 PM - The Drive Home
The end of the hike rewarded you with a waterfall, which would have probably been more pleasant had a few of us not fell into the ponds of water and got our shoes soaking wet.
Driving back home led to an unexpected surprise when a tire on the right side of our car totally blew out. Thankfully a kind stranger helped us put the donut tire on, and we passed by Enterprise to swap the Ford Taurus for a Nissan Maxima.