Maui Day 3: Waterfall Day!

On Thursday we woke up early to make it to the Twin Falls parking lot before it filled up. As you may remember, swimming in a waterfall (or a body of fresh water) was one of my main goals on this trip, so when I learned about Twin Falls I was immediately intrigued. Especially when I saw pictures.

The only problem was that the parking lot was always full. One of the locals said that you had to get there before 8am to get a spot.

So Thursday morning we got up at 7am to head to Twin Falls. We for there right before 8am and secured a spot no problem. We walked a little bit and got to the lower falls, which were not what we were looking for, but were still cool.

About 20 minutes of walking later, we arrived at Twin Falls. And they were incredible.

The water was pretty chilly. And since it was early the day wasn’t hot yet. But we all got in, because how can you not swim in something like that?

We swam for about an hour, until the kids got cold. We also took a ton of photos and videos. It was a really amazing experience.

On the way home we stopped to see if any turtles were left on that beach my son and I visited the day before. And there were!

We even got to watch one pull itself onto the sand (I’d try to upload the video but I know it won’t work. My WordPress App can barely handle photos.)

We headed home for some down time and lunch. Then I took the kids for an encore of Ululani’s Shaves Ice, which is amazing.

In the afternoon we surprised the kids with a trip to a private pool that truly has to be seen to be believed. It belongs to the sister of the man who owns the property we’re staying on. It’s the most amazing pool I’ve ever seen and the kids were appropriately blown away.

The middle waterfall is a platform to jump from. The pool below is 12 feet deep! The waterfall on the right is the mouth of a water slide, and the one to the left covers the opening of a swim up bar cave. It’s crazy.

There is also a hot tub to the left of the swim up bar. And a basketball hoop over the water in the shallow end.

The family was away but they trust our friend to use the pool because he’s been such an amazing guest. Spending the afternoon there was a real treat.

We went home for dinner and more down time, before going to bed early because my daughter and I had big plans for Friday. Hopefully more on that soon!

{After the whole family tested negative on Thursday morning, our hosts let us come into the big house. My daughter and I are still testing every day and are still coming up negative.}