Walk around Oahu (Koko Marina to Dillingham Fountain)

November 3, 2024

Decided to keep nice and dry and stay off the mountains this weekend. We would still get a little wet on our perimeter walk today. Met up with Aida, Alexis, Akira, Chico, Deborah, Ferlino, Mari, Marilyn, Robin, Roger, and Tessa at one of the franchise restaurants founded in 1962 by Glenn Bell in California. The […]

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Poamoho Cabin (Falls)

October 26, 2024

An upper level disturbance brought heavy rain and disturbed our camping and hiking plans this weekend. Aida, Chico, Jeremy, Roger and myself met up with Anne-Marie, Jenny, Emi and Akio at the base of HMR and then we all piled into Chico’s truck for the ride up. The drive up the six mile jeep road […]

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Walk around Oahu (Waimanalo Beach to Koko Marina)

October 20, 2024

Due to popular demand, does two people count? The perimeter walk around the island was re-started. Clockwise. Mahalo to Ferlino who picked up Aida, Akira, Mari, Robin, Tessa and myself from Taco Bell and shuttled us to the area that was probably one of the first spots on the island explored by Polynesians, where Dave […]

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Kalauao Falls (Birthday Hike)

October 13, 2024

It was that time of year that we all gathered again to celebrate Mr. Lawrence Murray’s another year around the sun or is that rainbow? Shout out to Aileen, Menchie, Mona and Sandra for arriving early to secure our spot and for decorating the picnic shelter. The girls testing out the party blowers. All those […]

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Kalihi Saddle (Powerlines) to Alewa Heights

October 6, 2024

A friend came out of his hiking hibernation to start wrapping up loose ends on the KST. Slight exaggeration. Just slight. Thanks to Ferlino for dropping Akira, Chico, Ryan, Scott and myself off to the starting point where we met up with Aileen to round out today’s group. Walking up the service road used by […]

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Opae’ula Cabin (Army Cabin)

September 28, 2024

The cabin is calling and we must go. Met up with Akira, Chico, Mari and Tessa for another weekend adventure in the mountains. We dialed in the lock combination and closed the gate as we left civilization behind us. Group photo at the start when we are all nice and clean. Hugging the uluhe carpeted […]

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Manana to Waimano

September 22, 2024

Met up with Aida, Akira, Chico, Roger, and Scott who kept me company in the mountains as I continued to connect the dots ad nauseam. We all showed up before the crying cats to start our early morning hike. Hey, where’s Chico? Passing multiple tents camped out by the picnic shelter. Akira going underneath the […]

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Lualualei Lookout

September 15, 2024

In search of a relatively “easy” welcome back home, we settled on what was named Waimanalo 1/2 Ramble which took us to Lualualei Lookout in the end. Thanks to Susan for the beta and suggestion. Met up at Waianae Steve’s house where he graciously allowed us to park outside his house and Jasmin was nice […]

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Maras Salt Mines

September 8, 2024

On our last day in Cusco, we chose an ATV tour over a cooking class on guinea pigs. Did we choose wrong? We got picked up by a different guide as today was Jose’s day off. Deborah had another tour scheduled on her own but came back early due to the guide not speaking English […]

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Rainbow Mountain (Vinicunca)

September 7, 2024

Fresh off our Inca trail hike, we opted to wake up later the next day and not at the suggested 0430 time to get more shut eye. We boarded our shuttle for the roughly three hour ride to our destination, sharing the road with sheep on the way. Our van traveling on the mountain road […]

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