Second Day in Hawaii

OK so today we went for a loooooooooooooonnnnnnnnggg drive! We started around 9:00 to drive around the island. We went to some of the most popular beaches (which I do not have the particular name right now but will get) and took lots of pictures. It was rainy and messy yesterday, but we got in and out of the car about 100 times. I really wish we had gotten a four door Jeep, but Nima and Jennifer ended up getting a two door. We went on some VERY NARROW roads, and I am really glad the brakes work because in some places it was only one land roads. One car would have to pull over to the side and let the other pass. We ate around 4:00 at a place called Da Kitchen and had some really authentic Hawaiian foods. I had the Mahi Mahi sandwich and Bryon had the Hawaiin platter. It included their version of "bar-b-que" called Lau Lau pork, soup, rice, macaroni salad, and one other meat I can't think of now. It was really good :0) It was A LOT of food. After that meal we made the drive to Hana. We bought this CD that narrated the journey (Craig Henson) and took off. It was a trip that people are supposed to start in the morning, but we attempted at 4:00 in the afternoon.Nima had been driving all day, and Jennifer noticed that we were running low on gas. He said "We will be fine!" and we were on on our way. BIG MISTAKE! We drove for approximately 2:45minutes with waterfalls, beautiful greenery, and one lane curvy roads. The CD narrator said that it had 600 curves and 54 bridges along the way. When we pulled into Hana at approximately 6:45 we finally decided to get some gas. Oh, but wait! The only gas station in town closed at 6:00! OK so what now! We went to the general store and asked what we should do. They gave us the suggestion to go over to the Fire Station and buy some gas. We drove around and found the station, bought 5 gallons of gas for 25 dollars (which was actually only a 5 dollar mark-up for the gas in the area) and were on our merry way back were to to the area of Wailea. Really, the way I just wrote that does not show the urgency we were feeling at the time. We were really getting upset and hoping we did not have to stay there for the night. We were releaved to be headed home. We kept trying to scare each other with scary stories like "How much would it cost you to run into these woods for five minutes by yourself with the lights off?" Or "What if someone jumped on the hood of the Jeep right now and would not get off?" We were getting ourselves worked up. We were really in the middle of nowhere and, with no one around. We started playing games, and ended up having a good ride home. I was a trooper I have to say because I rode in the backseat ALL DAY in those curves! All in all the one trip after dinner was 1200 turns! I had a slight headache by the end of the night...