Chrissy's World - Photos 8, Page 19, Hilina Pali Trail & Mauumae Beach

Photos 8, page 19

Photos 8 -

Hilina Pali Again

March 8, 2012

I decided to take another try at the Hilina Pali Trail to the Pepeiao Cabin. I had aborted the
previous attempt due to weather so I wanted to finish it...
By the way, notice how straight the road is (white line)...

11:11 AM @ *001
I'm watching this escarpment running
along beside the road...

11:13 AM @ *002

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11:17 AM @ *008

Here, among other things, is the
explanation...

11:27 AM @ *013

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11:30 AM @ * 016

Here's some stick-the-camera-out-the-window-and-hope-for-the-best pictures to show you the terrain and vegetation...

11:37 AM @ *020
This is the shelter at the end of Hilina Pali
Road.

Standing at the shelter looking east.
That's 'Apua Point over there...

Zoom

Zoom more & enhance to cut through
the haze...

12:06 PM
Here's the trail, heading west...

12:26 PM @ *556
More trail ahead...

12:45 PM @ *559
More trail ahead...

The trail, as you can see, wasn't very difficult (there were some rockier places but nothing too bad). The thing was, the
trail continually trended down and I kept thinking about the hike back up, coming back, when I was tired. So finally, around
1:30 and 2 miles, about half way, I decided to turn around and head back. It's always a guessing game: how much gas is
left in the tank to get me back home again? In this case, as it turned out, I was tired, but not exhausted when I got back...

Mauumae Beach

March 18, 2012

Robin and I decided we were sick of the rainy winter weather we'd been getting so we went in
search of the sun. We chose a quiet little beach on the Kona side called Mauumae Beach. It
was reached by a footpath off the side of a state beach park, Spencer Beach Park