Once again, we ventured out on the Hana Hwy... here are a couple sentences from the West Jet UP! magazine (Dec '09) article titled 'The Road to Hana by Harley', written by Colleen Seto, that I think sums everything up...
"It's as though Maui's Road to Hana (officially and aptly called Highway 360) was built for motorcycles. The 600 curves and 54 one-lane bridges that leave many a rental car returned with a certain scent of 'eau de vomit' are the same ones that make the route riders paradise"... the whole article is written from a motorcycle perspective and after driving it, I can definitely see the reason for that mode of transportation! We were in a big rental Ford Excursion and there were some pretty tight corners! On some of the turns, you could see scrapes where vehicles had encountered the rock surface! As for the 'eua de vomit' there was a lot of that flying around too and hence the reason for a lot of stops and nature walks along the way... ah... fresh air....
This was actually on Dec 7th, near Paia and the waves were super big that day
Paia (along the Hana Hwy)
Paia
Dec 10th - waves, waves & more waves...
Jackson
Liam
Ethan
Waves - this was a really pretty stop
Huelo Lookout - fruit & smoothie stand... another fresh air stop :)
Bamboo
Nature walk...
... saw a lot of interesting plants, trees, roots, etc
Cole & daddy
weird huh?!
a 'rooty' staircase
some boys we found along the way :)
Quiet trees at work
At the end of the trail, the boys had a quick game of hide & seek - Uncle Murray searched the trees and 'found' the boys...
These two were the last monkeys found (on purpose of course)... I think Liam just about filled his pants when Uncle Murray snuck around the other side of the tree and scared them
our non-motorcycle wheels :)
Hana
one of our stops - there was a truck there selling neat jewellery etc for really cheap
The Oasis Pools, past Hana
Jackson @ Oasis Pools
J&E
Ethan
this man was in our resort lobby for a couple days, displaying all his wood crafts - the boys each wanted a tiki for their Hawaiian souvenir & daddy consented...
Tiki time :)
... on the back he carved their names & did an amazing job (click on the picture to really see it)
ALOHA - at the entrance of our resort 
new goggles that daddy bought the boys (not Cole's)
packing up my valuables :)
ah... the beauty
Hanakao'o Cemetery - we passed this unique cemetery almost every day & were kind of awed that it was just dirt...
The sun is setting on our holiday...
Kihei (our last stop before the airport) - the boys wanted a picture by this sign cuz 'LuLu's" was at the top of it... one of my nick names!
At the airport & waiting for daddy while he returns the rental car @ 10pm - we were in for a long night!
Liam 
Ethan & Liam
... after a LONG day & not overly impressed to be heading home!
Ick - it is snowing outside the Vancouver Airport & reality is starting to set in....
A fun kiddie maze at the airport
Cole all buckled in & ready to fly (bringing his carseat on the plane was the best decision ever!)
Ethan - heading home with a whole new batch of freckles!!!
Liam & Jackson - very 'in' to the West Jet safety options :) 
