Hiking Trails on Oahu

Luluku Chutes - November 8, 2016 Baron wanted to explore and find the chutes way back in Luluku Valley a.k.a. Hoomaluhia. Today was election day, where we would soon find out who would be a 45th president of the United States, Trump or Clinton.  I voted for Hillary at 7 in the morning, it took a 1/2 hour to vote. (You know everyone in Mililani goes to an event 45 minutes before it starts). I went home and got ready to pick up Baron at his house. Today it would only be me and Baron. Nobody wants to do the hard work of trying to explore and track everything.  I parked at the visitors center and we were off. Bushwhacking was on the agenda. We would start off on the HTMC route when they hike Hoomaluhia-Likeke. Sooner than later, we made the right towards a water tank and tried to find our way to Luluku. There was no trail, but we paralleled the freeway through a nice forest until we got to Luluku. It took about 1 hour, but from the banana patches we further progressed up the mount...

Wiliwilinui - November 5, 2016 Its been about 5 years since I've done Wiliwilinui. I've done Wailupe and crossover which could be considered doing Wiliwilinui, but its not the same. Michelle has been working out religiously and wanted to tackle an intermediate hike. One hike of interest was Wiliwilinui.  I emailed OAG to see if anyone wanted to come. Daniel and David were interested. We started at 9:40am. Late, but probably a good time to start. I was socked in most of the way and we thought that a view probably wouldn't happen today. Low and behold, Daniel thought that Michelle brought good luck and in about 15 minutes, it opened up to a crystal clear view. We were so fortunate. David took some amazing pictures. Daniel was taking 360 degree picture which is pretty amazing.  I was cold up there and wanted to eat something hot. That's thought for next time. Heading down was a little slippery. I was worried about Michelle because she doesn't have the proper footwear, ...