Makapu'u Ridge to Kamehame Drive
Makapu'u Ridge to Kamehame Drive - July 3, 2011 We were suppose to do Makapu'u Ridge and descend down the Tom-Tom trail, but the bottom line was we didn't complete the hike. So now this becomes a lore hike. There is going to be a revisit to the Makapu'u Tom-Tom trail sometime in the future. But for now, this experience was mostly good and sad. The initial plan was to do this hike with Erik, Blaze, Blaze's wife Jenny, my wife Michelle, and I. Blaze and Jenny went to Turtle Bay for the 4th of July weekend and Erik had to do something. It was just Michelle and I, just like the old days. It took us over an hour to get to Makapu'u. And I do say, it felt like a while. We parked on Makapu'u Lighhouse Road and walked up to the Lookout. I wasn't sure where the trailhead was for the Makapu'u Ridge hike, all I knew that it was adjacent to the Lookout, so we scouted the place for about 5 minutes. Our assessment came up with two results. There was a faint trai...