Penning Photography Daily

We woke up at 2AM to get to the top of Mount Haleakala before sunrise.

The things we do while on vacation. =)

The winding, twisty road, goes about 40 miles, but takes over 2 hours to navigate, there’s so many hairpin turns. Once in the National Park, the guardrails disappear too. We didn’t notice how scary that was until we came back down!

The temperature at the summit was 48F with a 25 mph wind – chilly. Hence, the blankets. We both work many layers of clothing and as a result were fairly warm except for our hands.

A fellow traveller, and there were about 100 of us up there by sunrise, took this in exchange for us doing them the same favor. Easy enough to do. That’s the shadow of the mountain behind us, covering West Maui.

When we arrived at the summit, the sky was magnificent. Not a cloud to be seen (we were above them!), and the galaxy spread for our delight.

Well worth the effort. Highly recommended travel treat.