Drive to Hana. Take your time, rent a smaller car, start early,and pick up a map of the Hana road. The drive is great and the road isn't awful but you will have lots of turns.

Spend the night in a treehouse in the rainforest by Hana. Get up the next morning and drive clockwise around the East and South end of the island (the road the rental car agency makes you "promise" not to take. Its easy, just some old lava out there--a little bumpy--this is the road truly not often seen.

Eat at Aloha Plate Lunch in Lahaina

Snorkel (free and amazing) at mile 14 beach.

Take it slow and use that blender that comes with your room/condo!! Its there for a reason.

Eat the amazingly fresh and cheap! Ahi Tuna at any store. Make your own sushi.

Buy your veggies at farmers market, NOT the big store. You'll save 75% and they're so much fresher.

Go to "Garden of Eden" garden. It lives up to its name.

1. Snorkeling at Fishbowl, Aquarium, Honolua Bay

2. Haleakala National Park. (We did the getting up at 3 a.m. thing to see the sunrise. Yes, the clouds were out and it looked neat. Was it worth it? Not to me. It's freezing cold and you're tired and hungry. Wake up at your own pace, have your morning breakfast and coffee, then go see it after the sun has come up)

3. Lahaina town.

4. Cocktails at sunset at the Sheraton while watching the torch lighting and cliff diving ceremony.

5. Watching the windsurfers in the afternoon at Hookipa Bay outside of Paia. Incredibly awesome experience to watch, especially if the surf's up.

I see some people have wrote about the downhill biking trek on Haleakala. We are an active couple in our early 30's and we had thought about it until we read some disaster stories. We really didn't grasp how dangerous this 38-mile downhill trek from 10,000 feet was until we saw it from our car as we were descending Haleakala after sunrise.

They make you keep a pace of no less than 20 mph on a route riddled with hairpin turns. We watched a girl wipe out horribly going downhill. She was very banged up. I'd look into this one a lot to determine if it's really for you.

Wow! That gives us alot to think about! Thanks

My favorite part of Maui is under the sheets in bed, if you know what I mean, and I think you do.

What about golf! My husband says he must golf one day!

We are also going to Maui soon, taking all our big kids. We are interested in biking down Haleakala, but want a company that lets you go at your own pace, suggestions? We are only planning a couple of "excursions" because we definitely want plenty of time to enjoy the weather and the beach, which is the prettiest? Thanks for all the info.

Where should we golf?