Maui

 We flew back Wednesday from Maui after taking the Wights to the airport to fly home on Tuesday morning.  We had a great time with them.  It was good to be with them after not seeing them for a couple of years.  Monday, we did take a drive to the top of the volcano in Maui with them.  It seemed like we were on the top of the world.  You really could see the curvature of the earth as you looked at the ocean horizon in every direction.

It was my first good look into the caldera of a shield volcano.

    My favorite part was finding volcanic bombs that had flown into the air and cooled before landing back on the volcano.  After the Wights left, Janice and I took the infamous road to Hana on Maui.  It is a single lane in many areas and twists and winds around lush jungle and waterfalls.  Many of the trees have vines hanging down and we half-suspected to see Tarzan swinging by on one of them at any time.  The waterfalls were beautiful but we did not bring our swimming clothes or it would have been tempting to get into the Hanawai waterfall that I stopped to take a picture of.

My container garden is going bananas here!

The beaches were beautiful and the food was excellent but by Wednesday, we were really missing our assignment on Oahu in Laie.  We were happy to get right back into the swing of things by attending a sealing session with the missionaries in our mission, teaching a seminary lesson the next day and then preparing then teaching a Sunday School lesson for this Sunday for the 15-18-year-olds.  We just really love our mission and our assignments here.

Maui Beach near Lahaina

Mountain Canyon above the house we stayed in