1 Gramma gave Sammy a little Valentine's pig along with a card. So guess who wanted to go for a hike?
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3 About to start the trail!
4 See the sign in red? Pig control in progress. Look at Sam's face :) He's got his pig under control. Kathy read the fine print thankfully. I assumed the pigs were under control on this hike. Nice to know. (Perhaps on leashes or something?) I didn't stop to think about it or read further. Turns out it means on certain days of the week people HUNT the pigs. Also good to know for that luau we've been planning...
5 Oooohhh! A stream!
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7 We won't be swimming, thanks.
8 HUGE ferns.
9 Gravel path to start out, then it gets more root-bound and rocky toward the top.
10 A nice seat :)
11 Look at that dense rainforest canopy!
12 Looking for letters among the roots.
13 The kids did a great job hiking! The trail is just over 2 miles from the street parking to the falls and back.
14 Lots of trail maintenance. This is the second most traveled trail on Oahu, after Diamond Head. We must have seen 100 people on the trail today, a weekday morning.
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17 Is this a good hiking stick?
18 Lots of bamboo!
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21 Looking for mommy and Gramma!
22 There they are!
23 Are we there yet? A quick check of the GPS says we are!
24 The kids did a great job hiking up these hills!
25 And there are the falls! 150' tall into a small pool at the bottom.
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28 Lunch time!
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30 Valentine's Day hugs :)
31 Anneliese taking a picture of the falls.
32 I made some frozen strawberries with chocolate shell inside. They stayed really cold, much to my surprise! But they were good despite still being a tad frozen.
33 What are they laughing about?
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35 Piggy won't tell!
36 Maybe Calleigh will?
37 Talking about spider webs :) Sammy said "tomorrow, when we go to the library, we will get a book out about spider webs and look it up! 'k?"
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39 Look what Gramma has on her purse!
40 Hiking back down. Such a pretty trail with lots of dense foliage. Sam kept saying he really liked the trail, especially the forest with all the trees.
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42 We even found heart-shaped leaves!
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44 Sam flew his around for a bit :) (I think because he had heart-shaped wings on last night to be a "cupid"!)
45 Peaking through some lacy leaves.
46 We need to start a hiking treasure box for the letters and leaves they find along the way.
47 I see you!
48 Finally found Kathy a suitable bamboo hiking stick! Very classy.
49 Wild orchids.
50 And a banana tree in bloom. (Bloom?)
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52 See the letter J? We found that on the beach and saved it for our friends :)
53 A nice Valentine's card for mommy (Sammy and Gramma put it all together yesterday!). He even pulled a chair out for me to sit in, after getting home from his hike. See the dirty legs?
54 We pretended the mud and rocks were chocolate and macadamia nuts - a yummy trail!
55 Opening my treat! You pull the bow yike dis!
56 Tasting a candy heart for the first time.
57 Look at that beady eye watching the camera! Just like mommy!