Hana Highway.

The turns are relentless, requiring absolute attention lest you, your car, and your passengers take an exciting — albeit short – trip to the Pacific Ocean.  Thus, driving to Hana, Maui from Kahului is not for the faint of heart, but like most memorable trips the overused phrase, “the journey is the destination”, seems to have been invented for Hana.  

The 50-mile trip can be a physical grind with its over 600 hairpin turns along the cliffs, so the best way to approach it is to block a day and stop frequently.  The scenery is a visual wonder, and history awaits around every curve, full of slack key surprises, hidden paths and secret pools rumored to contain magic.

For me the memory of the blue sky above and bluer ocean below exists like a dream, evoking what we must imagine Heaven to be like.  The Hana Highway turns 90 this year, a grand old journey worth experiencing at least once in your life — to a place that time has remembered and you will never forget.