Post #798426 by danlovestikis on Sun, Nov 3, 2019 6:37 PM

Part Two of Day 9. 9/17/19

I told Dan that I wanted to see the road to Hana again. It's a 6 hour drive to go 48 miles because there are so many one lane bridges and the road is also a 10 to 25 mile an hour road. Then of course you need to stop to look at waterfalls and scenic views. He said it was torture the first time we drove it and he didn't want to do that again.

Soooooooooo, I found a helicopter that would take us to Hana and drop us off. There we would board a van that would return us to the airport. So that would cut the drive time in half plus we wouldn't have to do any driving.

He said yes. The best part was no one else signed on that day so we had the helicopter to ourselves! I was bent over so the blades wouldn't cut off my head.

Dan road in the back seat and

I sat up front with the piolet.

We took off and saw that the clouds were back. I wondered if this would interfere with our flight.

These clouds were hiding the volcano Haleakala.

I was so happy when the piolet took us above the clouds and

the volcanic crater came into view.

We were really close.

On the rest of the way to Hana we viewed many waterfalls in which there are no roads leading to them.

Then we saw the small town of Hana and

then the airstrip where we would land.

The helicopter lands like an airplane. It was above the airstrip but it went all the way down the airstrip.

Then we landed and walked to the building where the driver and the van were waiting for us.

We had a really fun flight and I didn't forget to tip the pilot. Loved his socks.

One last selfie with the helicopter.

This ends part two but part three is coming up soon. Wendy