Hiking Trails on Oahu

Waihe'e Illumination - February 19, 2016 Erik has been the biggest supporter of this event. Glow sticks down a waterfall and shooting long exposure to capture streaks. Erik set the time at 5:00pm, but since we were all working, we would meet at Waihe'e falls at random times. After work, I drove to Sports Authority to meet Erik. He drove us down to Kahalu'u and the Hamama trailhead. The hike up to Hamama to the banyan tree was fast maybe 35 minutes. We met David and Daniel at Waihe'e and started setting up shop. It got dark fast. Since I didn't have my camera it meant I had to be the runner. The runner has to climb up to the top of the falls and drop the glowsticks.  Climbing up was steep, but not too much of a problem. I dropped the glowsticks while everyone was trying to get the correct exposure setting. The falls is about 40 feet high. After I threw the glowsticks, Erik tried to throw it up to me, but it kept on coming back down. He had the brilliant idea of putti...

  Pu’u Ma’eli’eli – November 25, 2011 The next step for the kids to progress in their hiking was a hike in Kahalu’u called Pu’u Ma’eli’eli. This trail is semi-steep, but is pretty safe. According to the sign on the trail – Pu’u Ma’eli’eli is translated into Digging Hill. Why? The legend tells of two gods, Kane and Kanaloa and their race to the top of the steep pu’u. Since the climb was so steep, the gods needed to use their fingers to dig into the mountain to get enough grip to climb it. Not sure who won, but both gods were featured in the Waiakeakua stories. Pu’u Ma’eli’eli also features many World War II bunkers called pillboxes. I must say that these pill boxes are the nicest I’ve seen so far. inside pillbox We started the day off driving to Kahalu’u. For years when I took Kahekili off the H3, I would immediately get lost. Now, since I’ve been to Kahalu’u many times doing Hamama falls twice and Ahiumanu, getting off H3 onto Kahekili Hwy. ain’t no thing. We parked near McDonald’s...