We did it! We made it up to the summit in an hour and 15 minutes from Kihei, so about 4:45AM. Good thing we left early too because we were definitely in a crowd of cars coming up here and there are only about 30-40 spots at the summit and then they close the gate (just to the summit) when the lot fills. There is a big shelter up here to protect you from the cold and wait for the sunrise, but we are just waiting in the car until then. Its about 45 degrees here, so compared to where we were it is COLD! At about 5:10AM we could start to see the colors in the west change to a pink kinda color. So we hurried up to the viewing shelter where everyone else was. Watching the sun rise was beautiful, but it does feel like watching water boil sometimes. As soon as the first glimpse of sun cam over the ring of clouds in front of us, everyone got super excited. Ben and I just stood there taking in the glorious sight. It wasn't as colorful as I'd thought it would be, but that's because there weren't any super high clouds for the sun to play on.
More about our sight-seeing up at 10,000 feet after we get some sleep back at our hotel. :)
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