Today we took it a bit easier. After sleeping in a bit, we departed for Lahaina, on west Maui.  It was a little more than a thirty minute drive.  The town was big during the whaling days.  There are still some historic sites to see.  We check out the old prison and courthouse and the highlight of the town, Banyan Tree Square.maui313 This contains a huge tree with multiple trunks and roots.   It’s over one hundred years old.  We also visit the Wu Hing house in the old Chinatown.  The house is neat and has items from the Chinese population that lived in Lahaina back in the whaling days.  The best part are the movies out back.  They have some movies made by Thomas Edison of Hawaii.  These films are over a hundred years old.

After a yummy lunch and gelato stop, we continue up the coast to a beach for L’ to snorkel.   I hang on the beach while she swims with the fishes.  We then return back to the hotel and get dinner.  Tomorrow we are off to the top of the volcano.

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