Here's Johnny - Kauai
About a week after Mara and Mike left, Johnny came...the next couple of months, coupled with the work I am doing on my thesis is BUSY!!! Visitors, trips, studying, enjoying all my life in Hawaii has to offer and sharing it with people I care about.
When Johnny decided to come to Hawaii, my roommate Lish and I already had plans to fly over to Kauai and hike the Napali Coast. Our original intention was to hike all the way to the end...about a 3 day trek to Kalalau, but...
When we landed in Kauai we walked out of the airport and I stuck my thumb out to hitch a ride to the North Shore also known as the Napali Coast. Seeing as we were camping and don't live on the island, we had no other way to get there. Parking a rental car for the planned 5 day trek would have invited vandalism, etc. (not to mention a waste of money!)
Once we got there nothing could squash our enthusiasm for the adventure ahead...or so we thought...
After flying, hitching, and hiking we only made it to the first beach when it started to rain. It was already getting kind of late so we decided to set up camp. The vista from our hammocks was beautiful and kept us off the wet ground...which would prove to be our saving grace!
Johnny had his own hammock while Lish and I shared one...as the sunset the winds picked up and the rains got heavier creating mini rivers under our hammocks from the mountains above out to the ocean.
The night seemed to last forever...so Lish and I had a mini photo shoot to pass the time...
Once daylight FINALLY broke so was Johnny's spirit and knee...he had twisted it on a rock earlier in the night. Nervous to go on having Johnny already injured and realizing the weather did not appear as if it was going to cooperate, we headed back heavy-hearted.
The trek back was filled with slippery slopes, mini waterfalls where the path used to be, and lots and lots of mud! None of us came out without at least one, if not more wipe-outs in the slippery muck!
Even though our plan was cut short by the the wonderful rainy season that happens every February, it still was an amazing experience...and one we wisely cut short. When we got back to our apartment in Oahu the news was reporting severe flash flooding on the Napali Coast! Whew!
When Johnny decided to come to Hawaii, my roommate Lish and I already had plans to fly over to Kauai and hike the Napali Coast. Our original intention was to hike all the way to the end...about a 3 day trek to Kalalau, but...
When we landed in Kauai we walked out of the airport and I stuck my thumb out to hitch a ride to the North Shore also known as the Napali Coast. Seeing as we were camping and don't live on the island, we had no other way to get there. Parking a rental car for the planned 5 day trek would have invited vandalism, etc. (not to mention a waste of money!)
Once we got there nothing could squash our enthusiasm for the adventure ahead...or so we thought...
After flying, hitching, and hiking we only made it to the first beach when it started to rain. It was already getting kind of late so we decided to set up camp. The vista from our hammocks was beautiful and kept us off the wet ground...which would prove to be our saving grace!
Johnny had his own hammock while Lish and I shared one...as the sunset the winds picked up and the rains got heavier creating mini rivers under our hammocks from the mountains above out to the ocean.
The night seemed to last forever...so Lish and I had a mini photo shoot to pass the time...
Once daylight FINALLY broke so was Johnny's spirit and knee...he had twisted it on a rock earlier in the night. Nervous to go on having Johnny already injured and realizing the weather did not appear as if it was going to cooperate, we headed back heavy-hearted.
The trek back was filled with slippery slopes, mini waterfalls where the path used to be, and lots and lots of mud! None of us came out without at least one, if not more wipe-outs in the slippery muck!
Even though our plan was cut short by the the wonderful rainy season that happens every February, it still was an amazing experience...and one we wisely cut short. When we got back to our apartment in Oahu the news was reporting severe flash flooding on the Napali Coast! Whew!
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