Maui Trip: Day 4 - Kamaole Beach and Iao Valley

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

We hung around the condo for a few hours in the morning and ate breakfast, including some of Elisa’s dragonfruit we bought the night before (pretty bland, tasted vaguely like a beet) and another pineapple. Then we put our swimsuits on and walked to the beach. Our condo was conveniently close to the beach. There were chairs and umbrellas that we could borrow to take to the beach. The waves were pretty choppy at this beach since it was so windy. I swam for a while, but I got too chilly, so I was done—but the kids weren’t. They enjoyed digging holes in the sand and then went back in the water to rinse off. Erik was worried that they’d get sunburned if we stayed any longer, so we walked back to our hotel room.

Beach sand is so much fun!

After changing and hanging around the condo for a bit, we left for Paia Fish Market for lunch. Elisa and I shared a blackened salmon plate. I thought food was good, but Erik said it wasn’t as good as it was before. After lunch we got some dessert at Sugar Beach Bake Shop and Ululani Shave Ice. We all shared a small lilikoi lime pie from the bake shop. Then we waited in a long line for our shave ice. Ululani's puts ice cream underneath the shave ice and sweetened condensed milk on the top.

Lunch at Paia Fish Market

A fun koi fish pond Elisa and I spotted on the way back to the van.

Lilikoi pie

Elisa ate some most of Grandma and Grandpa's Maui Sunrise shave ice.

The boys shared an interesting concoction of root beer, coconut, and blue Hawaii.

Next, we drove to Iao Valley. It was cold at first, but after climbing 134 or so steps I wasn’t cold anymore. We took some pictures and looked at the pretty scenery, which included the Iao Needle. We also hiked down to the little stream. We were there for half an hour, maybe 45 minutes.

Me and my cute boo-bean

A family picture

Some very scenic views

Elisa and I climbed up a rock cliff in the parking lot for fun

Our last stop of the day was Costco. We went for something to do more than anything else. Elisa and I picked out a few Hawaiian treats, a luau shirt for Gabe, and a Sarong for Elisa, as neither one had anything to wear to the luau. On our way back to the condo, we stopped by Maui Pie to pick up a chocolate haupia pie for later. We didn’t go out for dinner, just munched on pineapple and random stuff we had at the hotel, including pie. The kids spent most of their time in their room watching The Simpsons Halloween episodes.

Chocolate Haupia from Maui Pie. Not quite as good as Ted's on Oahu.