Thankfully, we were exhausted from traveling and the day of driving that we both crashed early. The

Thankfully, we were exhausted from traveling and the day of driving that we both crashed early. The shuttle picked us up at our hotel at 1:15am (yes, you read that time correctly). We picked up a couple more people and headed to their facility for a safety video and a no host breakfast (aka pre-packaged danish and a can of Aloha Maid or coffee). After loading up the bikes, we head up Mt. Haleakala. It was freezing, very windy and pitch black when we arrived. It wasn t long and more vehicles starting car and rentals andtoronto arriving. Here is the gorgeous sunrise at approximately 5:40am Hawaii time.
After the sunrise, we drove down to about 6,500 feet and started our bike ride from there. There weren t a lot of stops where we had a chance to take photos, but they made sure to snap shots like this: The bike ride was wonderful. It mostly downhill with the exception of just a few hills and even those weren t bad. We went through a beautiful area with eucalyptus trees that you could smell them as you were riding, and we stopped for breakfast at an organic Lavender Farm french toast (one large slice and a little fruit) for $9. After breakfast, car and rentals andtoronto we were riding to Paia and went through a small rain storm right after everyone stripped off the jacket and pants we were given. I was really glad that I decided to keep the pants at that point. After Paia, we ended at the beach and 80 degrees.
Our tour ended and we were back to the hotel by 10:30am. We grabbed car and rentals andtoronto some lunch, took a short nap, Skyped with the boys, laid by the pool, grabbed snacks at Safeway, and had dinner at Round Table Pizza (I know, real Hawaiian, but at least we don t have one here.)