Hawaii Part 2: Sunrises and Sunsets on Maui
Now the birds in Hawaii are great, but they weren't the real reason I was there- that was to see my family, as it's usually only once or twice a year that we're all in the same place (hadn't happened since August 2017!). During my time in Maui, seeing birds took second fiddle to visiting the beach, going on food trips, sampling a wide variety of Hawaii's excellent craft beer, and going on hikes. Now, the fact that lots of that just so happened to coincide with being in places with good birds? Bonus! We elected to stay in Lahaina, a town on Maui's northwest coast. This proved to be a good location for accessing things like whale watching and touristy beaches, but not as good for doing many of the things the family was hoping to do, especially hiking, which is best on the eastern part of Maui. Thankfully, we rented a house-sized SUV to drive us all around in, so we were nonetheless able to get to the spots we wanted to go to, albeit with a bit more drivi