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lake chelan weekend

A couple of weekends ago we took an impromptu trip to Lake Chelan when my old people that I work for offered us their time share at Wapato Point since they couldn't use it that week. Because of Chris' crazy travel schedule lately we were only able to go for 4 days, but it was great. We left town the morning after we closed on our new house, which meant our old house could stay clean and fresh for showings while we were gone. We left our real estate agent strict instructions to please sell our old house while we were gone and she did not disappoint...we received an offer and accepted it. Yahoo!

maui 2013 | drechsel family vacation

We spent eight awesome nights in Maui earlier this month. And it was awesome. So awesome, in fact, that I still haven't re-adjusted into regular life. We stayed at the Kihei Beach Condos which was great, a little dated, but clean, and RIGHT on the ocean. I opted not to bring my big girl camera, so these shots were all taken with my Nikon P300. I definitely noticed a bit of a shutter lag as compared to the DSLR, but the compact size made it easy to toss in my purse along with an extra pair of underpants and pants (Charlie's, not mine), and snacks, and water, etc. Overall it was a nice little camera and I'm happy with the shots I got.

So without further adieu (or is it ado?), here they are:

seatac airport, excited to go!

after dinner at the kumu bar and grill at the marriott wailea

(this was taken by a lady WITH a big girl camera, on Grace's D7000)

posing at the marriott

the shops at wailea

the banyan tree in Lahaina. (Charlie was so done).

brothers climbing trees

cheeseburger in paradise (literally, paradise!), Lahaina.

Sugar Beach, out in front of our condo

Charlie made a friend and they ran around like crazy people until they collapsed.

blues brother?

riding in (old man) style

on the elevator at the shops at wailea

selfie with my man

watching sea turtles

king of the world!

the kihei canoe club with our condo building in the background

I think Chris is striking a pose, but I can't be sure.

Sugar Beach

feet

Aloha!

Haleakala. On a bicycle. aka My Husband is Crazy.

My crazy husband thought it would be "fun" to spend his Hawaiian vacation riding a bicycle up 10,000 feet or so. And there just so happened to be this volcano nearby. So he rented a bike, got up early and rode UP Haleakala (and then turned around and rode back down). We did not go with him because 4 hours in a car with a three year old was not how I wanted to spend MY vacation, but he promised to take lots of pictures so it would almost be like we were there.

These are those photos. Taken by Chris on his iPhone 4. Edited by me in Lightroom 3.

On the drive to Paia. This is the starting point.

A little rental bike porn before heading out.

On the road. A little ways past Makewao.

Kula Marketplace. Right near the entrance to the Haleakala National Park.
Refill your water bottles here.
This is around 3,000 feet elevation.

Half way there!

The view of Kihei (where we are staying) from 5,000 feet up.

The Ranger Station at 7,000 feet, last stop to get water.
The lady at Kula Marketplace warned against drinking this water.
But it seemed pretty legit.

Cloud bank he rode through between 7,000-8,000 feet or so. It was pretty cold.

It's all uphill...

8,900 feet. The final push!
(He looks tired, huh?)

Woohoo!!! He made it!

At the top. (The observatory is in the background).

The view from the top.

Looking down on the Visitors' Center.

Home again.

This is a map of his route. You can click the photo to see his other stats on Strava.

The internet says that this ride is among the top 3 most difficult rides in the nation and also the longest paved climb in the world. And if the internet says so, it must be true.