School Field Trip to Kaena Point
Kaena Point – March 1, 2013 What more could I have asked for. Hiking during work. Ed worked on a grant targeting awareness of our environment. He got about $750 to sponsor a field trip to Kaena Point. Almost all the money went towards getting a bus. Nonetheless, 78 students and 8 teachers signed up for the field trip. The plan today was for us to start on the westside near Yokohama Bay and proceed to Kaena Point. Before hitting the fence, we would be debriefed by DLNR, after the gate we would do some volunteer work, then eat lunch at the point. The last part of the day would be to hike the Mokuleia side and wait for bus pick up. Today my job was to be the sweeper, which I took seriously. We split up into 4 groups, each group spaced 5 minutes apart from each other and had a lead and sweep. The groups went at a quick pace and reached the fence line in no time. There, the DLNR volunteer explained to us the happenings at the point. It didn’t interest me too much. On our way to the poin...