A few more Maui pictures....

Since it has been several weeks since Robert and I got back from our honeymoon in Maui and I wanted post a few pictures of hundereds that I have edited so far. These are of our last night in Maui on the beach in front of our hotel in Kaanapali and of the last day at Haleakala National Park.

This is the middle of the island.....they call this the valley of the sugar since this is where sugar cane is grown harvest and processed.....Haleakala is in the back ground

Argyroxiphium is a small genus of five species in the sunflower family Asteraceae. Its members are known by the common name of silversword or greensword due to their long, narrow leaves and the silvery hairs on some species. These perennials areendemic to Hawaiʻi, occurring only on the islands of Maui and Hawaiʻi in an extremely localized distribution. They are primarily found above 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) elevation in alpine deserts or bogs, indicating an adaptation to low-nutrient soils. The plant forms a flowering reproductive structure. It takes 5-20 years before flowering, after which it dies.