Waiting to catch our flight,
Oh, beautiful
Kaua'i, here we come,
getting closer,
here we are.
First we drove west to
Waimea Canyon. This canyon is 10 miles long, 1 mile wide and 3,600' deep.
Hike 1: 8 miles. We then went to the end of the road in
Koke'e State Park to hike out to the
Kilohana Lookout in the
Alaka'i Swamp. We really had no idea what was in store for us. The
Alaka'i Swamp is the highest swamp in the world at about 4,000'. It is on top of Mt. Wai'ale'ale and is the wettest spot in the world. The ancient Hawaiians used this trail to get to the north shore in the winter. It was extremely muddy. Part of the trail has a boardwalk. I can't imagine doing this hike before the boardwalk was put up. We also froze. It was in the low 50's and rained off and on throughout the day. Here we are at the start of the
Pihea trail. I did fall and land on my '
okole right after I took this picture.
A few shots of the
Kalalau Valley. One can actually hike out to this valley below via the North Shore and the 11 mile Kalalau Trail on the Na
Pali coast. Theis valley was inhabited until 1919 and is the widest valley on the Na Pali.
The mud and rain started pretty quick. Don't forget it's about 54 degrees.
We went up and down...in the mud.
We finally hit the boardwalk which made it much more enjoyable.
We went through a gorgeous rain forest wondering where the swamp was.
Ankle deep mud.
Erica thought this fern (the one curled up) was sleeping.
The joy of mud.
This is the swamp.
We all made it to the end, a 4,000' drop, but the view was covered in clouds. It is supposed to be a beautiful cliff shrouded valley on the north shore.
heading out,
through the stream, the very cold stream which Owen fell in, did I mention it was about 51 degrees at this point,
whew, we made it to the lookout...almost to the warm car but now we are cold, wet, covered in mud, and loosing day light fast. We have a camp to set up and the only place to clean up is in a freezing cold shower. I took the kids and headed to sea level where it was 74 degrees to clean up and do laundry.
Waiting to catch our flight,
Oh, beautiful Kaua'i, here we come,
getting closer,
here we are.
First we drove west to Waimea Canyon. This canyon is 10 miles long, 1 mile wide and 3,600' deep.
Hike 1: 8 miles. We then went to the end of the road in Koke'e State Park to hike out to the Kilohana Lookout in the Alaka'i Swamp. We really had no idea what was in store for us. The Alaka'i Swamp is the highest swamp in the world at about 4,000'. It is on top of Mt. Wai'ale'ale and is the wettest spot in the world. The ancient Hawaiians used this trail to get to the north shore in the winter. It was extremely muddy. Part of the trail has a boardwalk. I can't imagine doing this hike before the boardwalk was put up. We also froze. It was in the low 50's and rained off and on throughout the day. Here we are at the start of the Pihea trail. I did fall and land on my 'okole right after I took this picture.
A few shots of the Kalalau Valley. One can actually hike out to this valley below via the North Shore and the 11 mile Kalalau Trail on the Na Pali coast. Theis valley was inhabited until 1919 and is the widest valley on the Na Pali.
The mud and rain started pretty quick. Don't forget it's about 54 degrees.
We went up and down...in the mud.
We finally hit the boardwalk which made it much more enjoyable.
We went through a gorgeous rain forest wondering where the swamp was.
Ankle deep mud.
Erica thought this fern (the one curled up) was sleeping.
The joy of mud.
This is the swamp.
We all made it to the end, a 4,000' drop, but the view was covered in clouds. It is supposed to be a beautiful cliff shrouded valley on the north shore.
heading out,
through the stream, the very cold stream which Owen fell in, did I mention it was about 51 degrees at this point,
whew, we made it to the lookout...almost to the warm car but now we are cold, wet, covered in mud, and loosing day light fast. We have a camp to set up and the only place to clean up is in a freezing cold shower. I took the kids and headed to sea level where it was 74 degrees to clean up and do laundry.
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