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Friday August 15th 2003 01:38 AM PST

We got our own rental car today, so we took off to drive around the island. We headed north from Kapalua and drove around the north part of the island. There used to be a sign at the end of the state highway saying that rental cars are not permitted, but Jen and I didn't see the sign this time. The road has gotten a little better, but there are still a few points where you are hanging over a 100 foot cliff with no guard rail. And on top of it all you're passing other cars on a road that is no more than 6 feet wide. It made Jen a little nervous, but the view was well worth the drive. We headed to the Iao needle after we got around the north road. The Iao valley is in the center of the north end of the island, and i think is one of the most beautiful spots on Maui. The sides of the valley tower hundreds of feet over your head and the clouds are dropping rain all above you to create some of the most beautiful waterfalls. Its really depressing, cause after we drove all day on the one side of the island, we headed back to the "busy" side and were just in time to get stuck in traffic. Well i guess its just what happens. Jen and i headed to the beach at the end of the day, and it was very worth it. By the time we got there, everybody had already left, so we were alone on the beach. Instead of the normal 200 people there were only about 15. It was great in the water too, cause there were not all the damn kids screaming and splashing around. We took it easy after the beach and went to dinner at Sansei for some sushi. I'm stuffed now and need to get to sleep. I think tomorrow we're gonna head down to Mekenna and see if we can find some sea turtles.