Maui Feb 25 in the Isthmus

 The bus went down the mountain and we saw the rescue bus for the one that had the diesel smoke.     

 
We went past the only remaining commercial sugar cane and grapefruit in Hawaii (it is in the Isthmus) and some settlements and wound up for lunch at a place called 'The Tropical Plantation', essentially the same name as the place we went to in Kawai.
 


The first image shows the wind blowing from the north and the mountains of west Maui in the background (those mountains get over 100" of rain a year). 


The second image shows about the same thing about a minute later, but with the wind calm (that's how fast it changes). 


The third and fourth image show me near a pond that has been decorated with gears formerly used to grind sugar cane. 


Ann was busy shopping (these places are specifically laid out to get people feeling good about the scenery and then have lots of touristy items for sale) so I had some woman from our tour group take the pictures. 
 
I started to tell her where to stand and where I was going to stand but she said, "stop talking like a husband, I'll just take the pictures."