Post #737718 by danlovestikis on Thu, Feb 19, 2015 10:32 AM

hang10tiki those were huge. I wish the artist had been there with loaded tables. No such luck.
The fabric store was the best ever. The warehouse by the airport had much cheaper fabric that was low quality.

MauiTiki we had a blast visiting with you two. So much so I forgot to see your work spaces with your kilns. Oh no, we'll have to return someday.

RVICTOR yes it was tiki heaven.

LoriLovesTiki a highlight for sure.

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Here are a couple more days on the island of Maui, Hawaii.

We started out to look for the blow hole up north of Kaanapoli. When we got there we couldn't find parking. The scourge of tourism. I thought let's continue on. We had never driven this far north.

We enjoyed the view and

even stopped for a selfie.

Before long the road became a single lane but we continued on.

Higher and higher and every so often we were on a very narrow lane with a cliff on one side. Of course that's when traffic going the opposite direction would come nose to nose with us. I was always the one to backup looking for a wider space so they could squeeze by. I had to get so close to the mountain side that I was moving vegetation.

Just like Hana we could only go at 10 to 20 miles an hour. However going to Hana there are two lanes except on bridges.

Taking photos was not easy because staying alert was important. At some curves I honked before going around and I swear it saved us one time. We only ran into 5 cars in close to 3 hours on this road before we were back in civilization. This is a drive that's fun one time but never again.

Back in town we stopped at Walmart to buy a photo memory card. This island sure does love it's SPAM. When I was a kid my mom fried it and we loved it too. Dan has never had a beard. On this trip I hid his razor and said, "let it grow".

On another day we went to Kula gardens. This is one place I took hundreds of photos. Someday when lifting molds doesn't work for us I will once again start to paint. I will have many reference photos to use by then.

The garden is owned by a family and they love tikis. Every so often in the garden you will find one, two or three. I'm not sharing them because if you ever go finding them is such a treat.

You just follow the many paths and enjoy a real Hawaii paradise. This was our favorite place.

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Thank you for letting me share. Soon I'll be posting the Wish List progress. Cheers, Wendy