Pauoa Uka

So I hike in these woods at least twice a week.  HTMC has so many unmarked trails.

 We are going to head over to that ridge and then down.

 I'm following Peter today, he is 76 and wicked fast. He clears trails and keeps an eye on John Hall.

 Secret trail

 Another project of John Hall, a trail he's been clearing.

 Top of the waterfall, it's a big one, can't wait to come back when it's raining.

For Evan's First Day of Life Guard Class

I took him out for Halo Halo.  It's shaved ice with sweetened condense milk, candied fruit, ube beans and ice cream, and some other stuff.  It varies by who makes it. 

 Evan passed his Life Guard training and will do 20 hours of work for free but have experience and a recommendation. It should be pretty easy for him to get a job here.

Onikiniki

So this was true bushwacking.  John Hall has been working on clearing a ridge, he has a few projects, it takes him months though.  So this was a "fun" hike he wanted to do. We started with pretty decent weather.

 We go up Onikiniki Ridge and at some point, that John Hall only knows, turn down on the right into the valley to the stream below.

 I was to follow and keep up with 72 year old John Hall and make sure the rest of the group knew where we were.

 Dave followed bushwacking a trail for the rest of the group, Larry tagged the trail.

 Looking toward the KST

 It was pretty easy to loose John Hall in this.

Some steep descents.

 Some contouring around some rock cliffs

 Like this.

 72 year old John Hall waiting for the rest of the group to catch up.

 They are coming.

 Mountain apples are ripe.

 Coffee beans

 No we are in the Kalauao Valley at the stream...

 and atop the falls.

 Lori and Larry

 Breaking for lunch.

 Heading down stream.

 More mountain apples, they are juicy and taste somewhat like perfumed pears.

 I really dislike this valley because of the hill up

 It also starts to rain.

  This is a secret Aiea Loop trail to avoid the roots. HTMC knows all the secret trails, probably because they created them. They aren't marked either. 

Drill

Evan

goes down to Waipahu to lay pick up basketball...imagine trying that in Baltimore...