Adding “workcation” to my lexicon

Just after the New Year I traveled with Sincerely to Maui on a workcation (or “workation”?)—sort of a working holiday/retreat. It was surreal to spend what was then only my third week of the new job, not to mention my first time, in Hawaii. By the end, the trip proved to be an invaluable bonding experience, and jumpstarted my acclimation to the team.

The incredible view from our rental house in Maui, Hawaii — The incredible view from our rental house

Given the three hour time zone difference between California and Hawaii, I found myself waking up unnaturally early, so I took those opportunities to go out for a walk while the sun rose. Here are a few photos from those outings.

One afternoon, we took a break from the working part of the workcation for a hike up into the West Maui Mountains. Our neighborhood had been sugar cane plantations only 15 years before, so we hiked up an old stone culvert that had once been used to collect water for irrigating the crops.

Irrigation culvert in the West Maui Mountains — Up in the hills, this is how the trail looked

Dense vegetation in the West Maui Mountains — Machetes would have been handy at some points

Wild or Feral coffee growing in the West Maui Mountains — Along the way, I spied some wild/feral coffee growing

Small waterfall in the West Maui Mountains — This is as far as we got

Justin among the vegetation in the West Maui Mountains — I posed for a quick portrait

Hiking down from the West Maui Mountains — And then we headed back down

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