Ho! Happy Happy Hiking Day!

This morning we did the Ka'unala Loop hike up on the North Shore. We really had a good time on this one. The Pupukea Summit hike goes off of this one, we will have to give it a shot some time. So sorry for so many pictures, you'll have to indulge me.
This hike was all about gorgeous vegetation,

The boys saw dogs and started running, they still have the memory of seeing the pitbulls on the last hike.

We went through groves of paperbark trees.

Crossed a few steams. They were so peaceful and sounded so beautiful. The boys wanted to build a house there.

The ferns were so lush. All four of the kids are actually sitting still and are quiet. Evan is sitting on globs of moss, it was so funny when he got up,

This is a grove of Ti trees. Early Polynesians had multiple uses for them. Now they are used for cooking in the ground over hot rocks.

This tree was so interesting. Michelle said it looked like a tree right out of a Dr. Seuss book!

Another stream crossing,

Very neat grove of trees, The Wai'anae mountains,

Such a beautiful view of the north shore,

The lady bug landed on Owen's back,

Earlier on the road part we saw tracks-I was thinking tanks-something cool like that. I asked Erik what kind of tracks they were-he said, "an atv like a 4 wheeler." Michelle and I said, "really, you think?" At that very moment a 4 wheeler comes up over the hill...never question a mountain man.

Erik said there is some secret something going on here and it looked like surface of the Death Star, it was pretty funny at the time. We actually have no idea what this is. The hike is on military property so it could be anything.

The boys and more paperbark trees,

On the way down the road we had to stop for a mama chicken to cross with her brood of peeps, it was the cutest thing!

It was rocket day but we never made it because we couldn't find engines in time...next month.