Honeymoon in Maui

Our honeymoon on Maui started officially the Thursday after we got married.  We couldn't wait to get on to our own little adventure.  We started out on a drive up around the north west area of the island.  We found a pretty cool rock beach and hung out and Shawn found himself a coconut.  He wanted to bring it home, but I figured they probably wouldn't let us. 

Also on our drive we came across some majorly red dirt.  I mean, it was soooo bright red/orange that I kept looking around for Bevo the Texas Longhorns mascot!  Here's a photo of me next to a really cool red area. 

Here are some photos of our arrival at the Paia Inn where we stayed for our honeymoon.  It was such a cute little boutique hotel that Shawn found.  Here's the cute entrance...

The lobby...

Our bedroom...

The sitting/TV room in our suite...

And here's where we ate the complimentary breakfast each morning.  Man, I wish I was back there...

After settling into our hotel room, we headed straight for the beach.  The Inn had it's own super skinny but private walkway down to the beach.

Here we are on the beach checking it out.

I thought this tree at the beach was so cool amongst all of the palm trees.

The next day we went ziplining, and it was SO much fun!  Look how cute we are in all of our gear.

There goes Shawn!

And a shot of me ziplining.

We also got to drive up to the top of Mt. Haleakala.  You can drive all the way to the top, and the peak is over 10,000 feet.  It was so cool because we were standing above the clouds!  Gorgeous.

We ate dinner at this super nice fabulous restaurant, Mama's Fish House in Paia.  It was the best and most expensive meal I have ever eaten.  The restaurant was amazing, and right on the beach.  We got to watch the sunset as we ate.  So cool, and such a nice restaurant that I felt stupid breaking out my camera.  But I wasn't too shameful to snap a photo of The Black Pearl - our dessert.  The whole thing was edible!  It was amazing.

We also took a drive along the road to Hana.  It's an amazingly windy, extremely long trip, but the sights are truly unbelieveable and it was like we were in a whole other world.  Here is a photo of Shawn on a little walk we took while on the road.

A funny little sign we saw...

We stopped at a little stand along the road and bought some banana bread.  It was still warm from the oven and soooooo tasty.  Here I am showing it off.

Some pretty waterfalls we saw along the way.  I think this was called the Three Bears.

We got to see a black sand beach, and it was one of my favorite places.  The black sand was really cool, and I just really liked the stark color of it.  Here's Shawn examining the sand.

We were trying to take a timer photo, but failed miserably.  I actually think the photo is kinda cute/funny though. 

A shot of the black sand beach from above.  Beautiful!

We braved this sign to hike down to the red sand beach in Hana.  It was quite a hike - I'm definitely glad I had my tennis shoes - and a nice local guy helped us find it.  I don't think we would have found it without his help, it was pretty hidden. 

We made it!!!  Upon arrival, there was the token nude middle aged couple, some locals smoking pot, some other locals diving with oxygen tanks, and a couple of other tourists.  It was a beautiful little secluded area. 

The water was an amazing shade of blue...

That pretty much wraps up our honeymoon!  We were able to do so many cool things and see some amazing sights that I'm so glad I have in my memory.  I keep asking Shawn when we can go back.  He says that he'll take me for our tenth anniversary, and I'm going to hold him to it.