Moanalua Saddle to Kalihi Saddle (Powerlines)

August 7, 2022

I put together this hike to help somebody tackle this particular saddle, but they ended up staying home instead. The show must still go on; so met up with Art and Aya at Moanalua park in the early morning. Art and Aya crossing one of seven bridges that span the trail. Chris was running fashionably […]

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Batteries to Bluffs Trail

July 30, 2022

We checked out of our Airbnb and made the long drive back to San Francisco. It’s questionable if a computer navigator is superior to a human navigator. Or is it the other way around. A question best left unanswered. The cold snap of the ocean air hit us in the face like a cold pizza […]

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Four Mile Trail

July 29, 2022

Our last hike in Yosemite where the math didn’t add up. Old math. New math. Quan and I left the rest of the girls in the house to watch the nearby wildlife from the living room window as we made our last drive into Yosemite National Park. We found one of the last open stalls […]

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Lembert Dome

July 28, 2022

We hiked to another dome in the park. Dome a dozen. Not quite. We got lost trying to find the trailhead and actually drove all the way to the other side of the park before being turned around in the right direction. Once at the trailhead, we found out one of us had forgotten to […]

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Half Dome

July 27, 2022

Permits in our phone, Quan and I left our Airbnb a little early to get a jump on Yosemite’s most iconic hike. Jasmin and Mari stayed behind to relax and recuperate and enjoy the wildlife from the living room window. We parked in the backpackers lot nearby Curry Village and walked to the trailhead to […]

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May Lake and Tuolumne Grove

July 26, 2022

We decided to visit another lake and hoped it actually filled the definition. Literally. Driving into the park, we pulled over to join the herd of rubberneckers that were looking into the woods. Monkey see, monkey do. Or is that bear see, bear do? A better representation of what we saw in the forest. Four […]

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Sierra Point and Vernal Fall and Merced Grove

July 25, 2022

Thanks to Edgar for giving us the idea to hike this trail today. We got our mixed up orders from McDonald’s and made our daily drive into the park. Pays to have a National Park Pass and daily entrance reservations. Otherwise we would be playing ping pong in the garage. Why walk a little, when […]

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Inspiration Point and Mirror Lake

July 24, 2022

We felt the need to get inspired after walking around in the smoke that had blanketed the park yesterday. What better place to get inspired than from a place called Inspiration Point? Got parking permits and park maps this time around when we entered the park, not to mention more pictures with the sign. Blue […]

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Lower Yosemite Fall

July 23, 2022

Jasmin, Mari, Quan and myself flew into the original town of Yerba Buena (San Francisco) that was previously inhabited by the Yelamu tribe and later colonized by the Spanish, Americans and Chinese workers. We picked up our upgraded Jeep and started our four hour drive to the third oldest national park in the country with […]

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Aiea Loop Trail to Kulana’ahane

July 17, 2022

Took four virgins to Hell today. Not for a sacrificial offering, but for scenic purposes. Thanks to Sakura for dropping Asami, Aya, Dana, Shari and myself off at the beginning of the Aiea Loop Trail. Not even ten minutes into the hike and we discovered somebody had made a campfire in the middle of the […]

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