Mike and I woke up at 4am for this sunrise hike… I was jetlagged and had drank wine yesterday instead of more water. Whoopsies. I was NOT in good shape, which make the fact that I did this super impressive to me. It is rated as “difficult” on the Hawaii hikes and is a 1.8 mile trail and ascends over 1000 feet. It’s mostly steps on rail ties that were higher than my hips, so that’s always fun! 

We started while it was dark, and I’m SO glad because if I had to keep looking up at how much further I had to go, I would have gotten mad, probably irrationally at Mike for making me do this. However, watching the sunrise made it all worth it. It also was much more peaceful with less people. When the sun was shining, and we were heading back down, we passed about 100 people that were just coming up. On the hike up, there were maybe 15 others.