This was my favorite trail so far. It started at the park next to the Hawaiian Studies building. We went onto campus, through the Japanese garden, over (or into in some cases) Manoa Stream, and from then on we saw no more pavement until the on-home. We went up the Saint Louis Heights trails for what seemed like forever.
We hiked up and up, eventually I stopped and looked behind me to see the sun setting. I have got to get a camera phone to take with me on these. The sun was a huge dark orange ball hanging right over the water and the sky had so many colors. I wanted to stop and watch it go down, but the pack was moving and I didn't want to get left behind.
I'm not very good with going up hills yet, but the whole time we were climbing I just kept thinking of the reward of the downhill. The downhill was a blast, as always, but over far too quickly. There were two Eagle/Turkey splits, and both times I took the Eagle. While I always doubt the wisdom of those decisions at the time, I've haven't regretted it yet.
It was a great trail which left me in a good mood for the rest of the night. I'm also happy that I wasn't one of the people who had the wild pig run right in front of them. This one just ran by, but I hear that some of them can get mean. I wouldn't have had a clue as to what to do. Take its picture, maybe?
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