Saturday, March 21, 2009

Simply Spectacular

We woke up this morning to the completely socked in Ko'olau's. Not to be deterred we headed up to the north shore then turned west. We discovered a completely magnificent 7 mile hike in the Wai'anae's. The hiked smelled amazing, we saw incredible sights, and heard the surf, wind, and birds along the way.
This is what the rest of the island looked like-rain. We had beautiful skies all day.
The first part of the hike, 19 switch backs, was covered in huge rocks,
Owen found a rock to rest on,
some really huge rocks-they just keep getting bigger,
OH-now they tell us!
We took a sling shot break. Erik put a few dents into the sign and Evan shot his own finger,
We had some extremely steep climbs but we got to see two of the endangered nene birds run by. I wasn't quick enough with my camera so no pictures,
the reward of all that climbing was a view of the Makua Valley and the ocean on the Wai'anae side,
I wanted to head off to the right up the Makua Ridge trail but Erik said we were running too low on water,
Owen provides some comic relief on the way down-he's waving the branches saying, "go Pittsburgh." These pine trees are so beautiful,
being funny some more,
a view of the north shore-we got to see whales playing and jumping!
Looking toward Hale'iwa and the Ko'olau's and clearing skies.
Coming down through the thick tropical vegetation,
I am so proud of Erica-she did this whole 7 mile hike!
P.S. Michelle, Charlie, and Hope-we missed you guys!

5 comments:

Clint, Tanya, Dane and Kimber said...

That is so amazing! What a beautiful day and hike. It looks like you guys have a great time and really get out there and enjoy what Hawaii has to offer!
I have to say... I'm a little jealous. This weekend we are... you guessed it! Working on the house! Ha ha! When it's done we'll be happy though!

Mallard Nest said...

:-( I wish we were there too!!! Amazing! I love it! You are probably glad we didn't come, because if I was there and saw the whales I probably wouldn't have kept going!

Traci said...

7 miles??!! My kids would have laid down in the road! That is so awesome, your kids are such troopers.

Mena Lima said...

What awesome fotos, loved the blog!

Amy Kaylor Photography said...

Forget the Swap Meet...we want to go on a hike with your family! If we did hikes here, it would be dirt, dirt and more dirt to look at. God's creation is beautiful, but I think he spent a little extra time on Hawaii. ;o))