The same way every other tourist in Hawaii got to all the "super secret" beaches, ate at the tastiest restaurants, and stopped at all the most beautiful spots:
Seriously, every place we went (restaurants, beaches, hikes, pull-outs along the road) there was at least one other couple or family toting around this bright blue book.
For good reason, too. If you're going to visit Hawaii, get this book. There's one for every island.
John even ordered some biscuits and gravy at a cafe one morning despite a warning in the book that says it's way too salty. "Surely this guy can't be right about EVERYTHING," John thought.
Yep. They were salty.
If it's in the book, it's gospel truth.
Having detailed directions written out in a book is also handy when attempting to locate places. We discovered our GPS lady is none so wise when it comes to the streets of Hawaii. There were roads turning when in reality they clearly went only straight. There were streets where there actually were no streets. There were no streets when indeed there were entire neighborhoods. There was much "recalculating" only to quite silently correct the map screen to show us, in fact, going in the right direction.
The least the GPS lady could do was say, "I'm sorry. I was wrong. You are in fact heading the right way. No recalculating necessary."
But NO. She just silently adjusted herself to our turns (or lack of turns) all the while pretending that she had gotten us there quite perfectly.
Get the book. Leave the GPS at home. Or at least, take the GPS lady's directions with a grain of salt.
You can pick up that grain of salt at a cafe in Kihei that serves salty biscuits and gravy.
Listen to the book.
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