The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-08-17
A FINE SUMMER RESORT.
Kawaapae, Maui, and the Beautiful
View it Commands.

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feet above sea level, in the Makawao
district, Kawaapae commands one of
the most extensive residence views on
the islands. In its more immediate
vicinity is a slightly rolling, open and
extensive country of fine grazing land,
skirted and crossed by professions of
eucalyptus. Far below, spread out in
panorama, are numerous large sugar
cane plantations, the light green of the
extensive fields forming a pleasing
contrast to the reds peculia to the soil
of the lowlands.
Spreckelsville plantation, with its
eleven camps, stretches itself entirely
across the seven miles of low isthmus
joining East and West Maui. Beyond
the isthmus are the bold and peaked,
cloud-encircled mountains of West
Maui, cleft by many deep, dark gorges,
famous amongst which is lao Valley
a miniature Yosemite. This great up
heaval is skirted by belt of lowland
dotted by the green plantations and
villages of Maalaea, Waikapu, Wal
luku, Waiehu, and Waihee. Often
times the clouds roll away and the
greater part of mountainous MolOkal,
looking over the lower spurs of West
Maui, comes boldly into view. The
emerald greens and turquois blues and
surf washed shores of Kahului bay to
the north and Maalaea bay to the
south of the isthmus, together with
vast eXpanse of ocean, occasionally
blue and calm, but oftener dashed into
white capped waves reaching nearly
out to the elevated horizon, all COM
biue to make an ever pleasing picture,
new every morning, and colOred anew
every evening by the rare, gray and
gold, amber and heliotrope effects of
sea and sky.
An upward sweep of the eye takes in
a gradually slOping and somewhat
open, rolling country with. occasional
belts of forest land, edged here and
there with the white cottages of home
steads at perhaps an elevation of 1000
or 5000 feet, and finally rests upon
the summit of Haleakala, 10000 feet
above sea level. What one really
sees is but the rim of the largest eX-
tinct crater in the world thirty miles
in circumference, several thousand
feet in depth, containing thirteen ex-
tinct craters, and commanding an un-
PARALLEL view of sunrise and sunset
above the clouds. In early morning
the summit stands out clear cut
against the sky, but usually later in
the day the clouds envelope and
sweep over it, their dark and varying
shadows ever ohliterating bright
hecks of sunshine and adding to the
grandeur of the view.
The climate of Makawao is unpar-
alleled Cool and almost constant
winds sweep down from the mountain
top, snow clad for days at time in
midwinter. The air is bracing and in
MIGRATING. The thermometer on the
leeward side of the house seldom ex-
ceeds So per cent, even at this season
of the year and in the middle of the
day. At night oneis comfortable I'M
der two good wool blankets, and yet
thin clothing can be worn, even in
winter, until late in the afternoon.
The roads all over this portion of the
island are exceptionally good and
might do credit to any level country.
The red dust of the lowlands is left
far behind before reaching this point,
and, although this is the dry season of
the year, the dust is no worse than in
any country place; and as for this
spot the wind blows it away, and not
toward the house. One only has to
step inside to find everything thor
oughly neat and free from dust.
To reach here from Honolulu visit
ors should take the Claudine at > pm.
On reaching Kahului at o'clock the
next morning, Mrs. H. B. Bailey, the
hostess of Kawaapae, should be i'm
mediately telephOned to send a con-
veyance to Paia, the terminus of the
railroad. The cars leave in about fiji
teen minutes for that point; the fare
is 80 cents; the distance about six and
a half miles. The carriage fare from
Paia to this resort is $3.50; the distance
not quite four miles, over an excellent
road. A warm breakfast is in readi-
ness for all new arrivals. If passen-
gers have extra baggage that cannot
be conveniently slowed away in the
carriage, it will be well, in telephon-
ing to Mrs. Bailey from Kahului, to
notify her to that effect.
The bedrooms are new, OF good size,
and neatly and newly furnished, all
airy, and commanding both mauka
and makai (mountain and sea- view.
The rates are SO per week, and the
visitor will find ample compensation,
for one could go to more expensive
resort and be far less comfortable. The
hostess is very kind and considerate.
Both saddle and carriage horses for
individual or party use can be hired on
the place at very reasonable rates.
This is a most excellent starting point
for the extinct crater of Haleakala.
Parties leave here about 10 am, and
have an.excellent road for six or seven
miles, the remaining seven miles is
more of trail.
Even at a walk, which is necessary
for the last half of the distance, the
skmmit may be reached an hour or
two before shutdown.
Fires are built by the guide, and
supper prepared and eaten. Parties
all muffied up in blankets sleep over
night under an overhanging cliff, and
are up betimes in the morning to see
the sun rise. Then follows the down.
ward journey, reaching here little
before midday.
Horses for the round trip are fur
nished at 81. The guides charge for