Hiking Trails on Oahu

Waimalu Ditch Trail - January 28, 2017 For some reason I wanted to do this trail again. It was because we are anticipated to do the Waimalu Meadow next week. However, the people going on the hike next week didn't want to do the hike today. I thought they would like to do the Ditch trail to relive memories of the past, but I guess not.  Joining the hike today was Daniel, David and Michelle. That was it! Meeting time was at 8:15am at Onikiniki Place. I always called it Okinikini Place for some reason. Michelle and I had no snacks in the house, so we stopped at 7-11 to grab musubi's. I swear it is getting expensive. A few musubis, doughnut, and gummy bears were over $10.  Michelle and I had to get back for Aunty Laurie's dinner at 5pm. I predicted a 5 hour hike. If we followed plan, we would have enough time to eat at our favorite Aiea place: Shiro's.  Waimalu Ditch has some distance, its about a 7 mile hike. Although elevation change aren't drastic, the blow downs tod...

Waimalu Ditch – March 12, 2012 I wanted to do Waimalu Ditch for a long time now. I missed the club outing a few months ago. Waimalu Ditch, the name itself does not sound too appealing, however it was given that name because of the irrigation ditches to transport water.  The trail should be named Waimalu Valley because it is a beautiful valley hike with some great swimming holes. I dropped the kids off at school and drove to the Pearlridge area. Who would have thought that you could actually do a hike in the morning and drive down the street to shop at Pearlridge in the afternoon? It can be done. I had a place to eat in mind; I’ll talk about that later. I drove on Moanalua road and made the left going up Keonihi place and then parked on Onikiniki place near the gated community. The rain was coming down hard. I felt like not doing the hike because of the elements, in addition, I was hiking alone. Nevertheless, passion and spirit is able to trump all doubt. I started going down the hi...