Amy and I went to lunch with a friend named Joyce last week to what is becoming one of my favourite restaurants on Maui called Leoda's which is located in a small village of Olowalu on the way to Lahaina. Leoda's is casual dining with great meat pies and even better deserts with everything baked on site. While at lunch Joyce talked about the local Petroglyphs located a bit inland. I had heard of them and even did some research into them a few years back but understood them to be on private land and were inaccessible to a wheelchair so when Joyce said they were now in a public cultural reserve and were accessible I was thrilled. So after a great lunch we went for a short drive down the back road and took a right at the power lines and after 1/2 mile we saw the signs about reserve. The road drives right by the cliff where the Petroglyphs are so you needn't get out if you don't want as the ground is rocky and bumpy but very doable so I scooted around looking at the petroglyphs for about 3/4 of an hour. There are approximately 70 of them and they were carved between 200 and 300 years ago so pre-contact with outside cultures of Europe. After spending some time there we drove on to turn around and came to a stream and a reservoir which was interesting as this is the dry side of the island. As we turned around we saw standing very still and watching was a family of the endangered Nene or Hawaiian Goose which was very exciting as I am a bit of a bird buff and Hawaii has unfortunately a lot of endangered birds. This turned out to be a wonderful adventure that just evolved which sometimes are the most memorable.
Maui is full of these great adventures along with stable warm weather and is located on a tropical paradise within the USA. Check out my website at http://www.mauiaccessiblecondo.com for even more accessible activities and a preview of our wheelchair accessible condo which we rent out for holiday rental. Our condo books out early with only July 17 2012 to July 23, 2012 and then August 26, 2012 to October 17, 2012 left for this year. If anyone has any questions about travelling to Maui feel free to contact me at bruce@mauiaccessiblecondo.com Aloha Bruce