Thinking of going to Hawaii? Learn from my experiences and here are some recommendations for you. Get up early! All the hikes and activities were SO much better without a million other people around. Surfing and other water activities: you’re not as naturally good at things as you think. Get some lessons and an actual instructor. Oahu There are more hikes than you could possibly do unless you’re living there full time. Out of the ones we did, I would…
March 15-20, 2018 Our Hawaii experience can be divided easily; first week was active and adventure, second week was exploratory and junior ranger-ing. This last week I’ll call “beach bum” because lazy and drunk just doesn’t sound as nice. Geoff was able to take most of this time off work, and Robin a few days, so we really got to experience what locals usually appreciate; food and drinks. So true no matter where you go. The first day back we…
We headed here in the late morning. Again, we trusted various articles/blogs we had read, but there was some conflicting information. It just led to us having a little more adventure than we anticipated though! Fun fact that we learned – Waimano trail does NOT lead to Waimano Falls. A completely different trail, Manana Trail, is what leads to these falls. We only hiked for a half mile at least until we realized this – and I’ll toot my own…
This is what my crowd hating, adventure loving husband was looking for! We had read some various blogs/articles about this hike and it sounded amazing – waterfalls, jungle, non-touristy. The onllllly complaint would be the lack of factual information that we read about the hike in terms of mileage and the route. We arrived around 11am at this random dead end road that Google Maps had taken us to. It was correct, which was awesomely unexpected – the trailhead was…
After Koko Head, we drove along the beach and followed Geoff’s recommended itinerary. This included eating some 7-Eleven breakfast items (don’t judge… they have legit food here. Normally I’d say never eat gas station sushi, but when they are 3 minutes from the ocean, they are the exception to the rule). We then stopped and checked out the Halona Blow Hole and Sandy Beach Park and got mad at ourselves a little for not bringing the boogie boards to try…
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…
March 4-8, 2018 Mike and I arrived pretty late so I don’t remember much of arrival – but we got picked up by Mike’s best friend, Geoff and his wife, Robin. They live about 30 minutes away from the airport, so we are extremely lucky to have such good friends that we can take advantage of stay with while we’re here! The next morning, we woke up to the sun shining (suck it, Midwest!) and decide to move our travel…