Wednesday 22nd October. North west Maui and on to Los Angeles. Our last morning in Hawaii... We had got rather used to waking up to bright sunshine and the sound of the ocean... No run today. Just packing followed by a glorious swim in the pool. After coffee and croissants we did some planning for our LA road trip. Mustang booked for pick up at 5am tomorrow morning. Tick. Tour around LA researched. Tick. Hotels? Wait and see. Then it was time to move out and mov...

Tuesday 20th October. Ridiculously early start today! Up at 2.15 and out of the door by 3am! This was all in a good cause, however, as. we had a big day planned. With mountain bikes and helmets loaded we set off to drive to the top of the Haleakala Crater. 10,023 feet high and a magnificent place to view sunrise. There were also great treks to be done in the crater and a famous downhill mountain bike trail - the Skyline Trail - from the summit. We were warned tha...

Yesterday was so good, we thought we would do it all again today! We woke to wind, waves and sunshine and repeated our run along the beach and boardwalk, then swam in the sea, out round the buoy. Over breakfast Chris researched and booked bike hire and then we packed up and headed back to Kanaha Bay for a long afternoon of windsurfing. Now familiar with the kit, the boys flew in and out - planing, gybing and smiling. A lot! B and K fended off the attentions of...

Chris woke us early after a fantastic nights sleep. The sun was rising over the mountain and just peeping into our windows. The beach and sea outside looked very inviting so we all headed straight out for a run along the beach towards Kihei. We ran east and then south along Sugar beach. The beach itself was marrow and the sand was soft, making it hard work. On the return run we followed a board walk at the back of the beach that passed next to a series of nature ...

Another early start - 4.15 - to pack and head up to the airport for our 5.15 check in. The rain seemed to finally have stopped as we left Hilo! There were great views over Big Island as we took off and interesting to see the brown colour of the sea close to land where the rain-soaked land spilled freshwater into the sea. Flying in over to land on Maui island 30 minutes later we were surprised to see how mountainous it looked. We collected our car from a desert...