1 Mariner's Ridge hike in Hawaii Kai with our intrepid hiking buddies Anneliese, Calleigh and their mommy Kathy :) Pretty warm and sunny at the start but we found shade fairly soon.
2 There's Gramma along with us, too!
3 Sammy picking out the trail with his trusty stick :)
4 The kids did really great - it was quite a climb for them - about 700' elevation over just about a mile. Then they had to come back down!
5 Koko Head crater from a lookout along the way. Can you see the button on his pack? I made that for the kids - it's one they earned on a hike a couple weeks ago up Makapu'u Lighthouse. I figured it'd be fun if they earned buttons on their hikes and could put them on packs like grown-ups do with patches.
6 Our buddies!
7 We couldn't get everyone looking at once, so here you can see Ben along for the ride as well.
8 Showing Sam how to "model" in case he ever gets called for a shoot. ha ha!
9 Having a good time :)
10 Great view of Hawaii Kai from another lookout.
11 Taking a little break while awaiting our friends. Sam really barreled up the hill today. He was way out in front any chance he could get, even while wearing his own pack with 1.4L of water in it. I was proud of him.
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13 Busted!!! (Mom says she was taking a picture...)
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15 Another lookout :) And learning that V is for valley. You can't see that the mountains form a V behind him - kinda neat.
16 Lunch break!
17 The kids were talking. I asked what they were talking about and they said "the trail"! Aren't they precious?
18 Sam checking to be sure his group is with him.
19 See what I mean about the barelling? It was tough to scurry up in front of him to grab any shots!
20 ha ha - I caught you mommy!
21 Here comes Anneliese!
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23 Such cute kids :)
24 Good little hikers.
25 Heading back down. We just missed tagging the summit today. Another day when we have more data on just how far it is. My GPS says we climbed 700' in just over a mile so we were very close!
26 Some slickrock - looks fun to bomb down on a mountain bike!