We got up very early so that we could see a sunrise and a volcano. Unfortunately we didn't see either. We were up at 5:30a and out the door so that we could get to the top of Haleakala, the highest point on Maui. With sunrise at 6:30a I wasn't really expecting to make it in time but I figured even if we were part way up the mountain we'd still get a good view. The weather however was not cooperating. It was raining quite heavily and the road up is very curvy so by 6:30a we were only part way up and no where near high enough to be above the clouds.
Even when we made it to the top the clouds were high enough that the sun was not going to peak through. The one good thing was that everyone who had made it up in time was on their way down by the time we got there. This meant we got to check out the park ranger hut on our own and the kids were able to become honorary park rangers. I'd also thought we'd be able to see the crater at the top, but it was completely fogged in. So in the end it was about 5 hours round trip to see fog. Not quite what we intended.
So far Kerry had been having pretty poor luck on outings. We went to Turtle Town and saw no turtles, we went to a volcano and didn't see a volcano so when she decided to go whale watching with the Duke's expectations were very low. It took a bit of time but by the time the trip was over she managed to see several whales. They didn't breach very often however one of them put on an excellent tale slapping display. We finished off the day with another trip to the pool, chicken for dinner and drinks with the Dukes. The sunset more than made up for missing the sunrise.
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