Up at 3am, showered, long pants and hooded sweatshirts and out the door. Headed to Haleakala for sunrise. 3:05 am, went back to the hotel and picked up Sonja.
Now, the GPS said the parking lot at the summit was only 18 miles away from our hotel and we could expect to reach our destination in an hour and forty-eight minutes! We found out why. Never got above 15 mph with the twisty, turny road in the dark.
Reaching the summit, we found out we weren't the only brave fools out there. The ranger said there were only 2 parking spots left. We got one of them and trekked up to the lookout. We thought we had prepared, brought warm enough clothes but ohhhh no. It was damn cold. After days in the 80's, when you get hit with low 40's, well let's just say that well digger had nothing on us.
We stood there shivering along with several other people. Couldn't see them because it was dark, but could hear their teeth chattering and occasionally someone would say something in a foreign language.
Little by little, the sky began to come alive.
Me and my closest friends from who knows where were frantically snapping pictures as if we were witnessing the birth of earth.
But when you think about it, this same thing has happened every day of our lives and now we're getting all ga-ga about it?
But the magic happened. Enjoy.
Sonja and I both decided at this very moment to join Scientology.
Or we could go whale watching.
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