The Woman in Yellow, Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii Photo by L.A. Cargill
62Sunrise Haleakala
Sunrise at Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii
Mark Twain said of this place, "the sublimest spectacle I have ever witnessed". He was right. I have witnessed this sublime spectacle many times. One of my favorite places to visit on Maui is Haleakala crater - the House of the Sun.
There are many tours that will take tourists up to the summit for sunrise. My favorite is the bike tour. I never took it myself, just drove the chase van. But it is wonderful. They paid me ten bucks an hour for the 10 hour day, so I made $100 on my days off from the hospital, plus tips. Good money!
We would pick up the vans in Lahaina, then go pick up the tourists. Our day began at 2 a.m. We had to have everything ready, everyone picked up and staged before we started the 45 minute drive to the summit. We provided coffee and pastries for breakfast and passed out the blankets. The coffee got everyone awake, the blankets kept them warm because it's cold up at the 10,300 foot summit at dawn. That's for sure.
By the time we got to the summit, everyone was ready to get out of the van. I caught this photo of one woman wrapped in the golden blanket. The shadows are perfect, the clouds are perfect, The lines of the mountain shadows are perfect. I thought at the time that this is the best photo of a Haleakala sunrise I have ever shot.
I still think so.
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Great hub Austinstar!
Terrific hub. As much as I would love the idea of visiting Hawaii, I just can't imagine the plane ride!
Thank you Michael!
breakfastpop - Probably best to do the plane ride in stages. Get to L.A., spend one night at least, then catch the plane. Be sure to spring for the in-flight movie! Get up and walk around a lot.
I drove my car from Dallas to L.A. - 3 days, then put my car on a boat for 2 weeks, then caught the plane. Of course I stayed in Hawaii for nearly 3 years before doing the same thing in reverse for the trip back to Austin. I need to do a hub about our 10 state trip when we came back. We took the scenic route, and took a month to drive from L.A. to Austin in 1991.
Austinstar - Photos can be great art as well as being precise and accurate. Cargill's is one of those.
Gus :-)))
Thank you Gus!
Wonderful pic. I've never been to Hawaii, but I find it gorgeous!
SwiftlyClean 2 years ago
Picture of inspiration!
Thanks for the share.
God Bless!
Sharon Smith