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North Bend, WA

You may have noticed that I didn't include the famous Road to Hana in my Maui Top 5. I personally didn't enjoy it as much as the other activities, but it deserves some recognition. 

Find out my favorite and least favorite parts.

Hawaii is usually a bucket list trip, and this is exactly how this trip was treated. I spent a full week in Maui with a packed schedule, and here are 5 recommendations:

I couldn't sleep one night and decided to make jokes up. Interestingly enough, they are all about snow men...

For over a decade, this group has ventured to a Christmas festival with you guessed it... Crazy hats.

Once you travel through the seven layers of the candy cane forest, through the sea of the swirly, twirly gumdrops, you'll travel over Steven's or Snoqualmie pass to a magical Christmas getaway.