TREKKING THROUGH THE TREE FARM

PAMELA AND CAMILLE TAKE A HIKE

November 2, 2004

 

WAIHOU SPRINGS

 

We made plans to hike this trail a week before realizing we had scheduled it for election day.  What a nice way to unwind after doing our civic duty!  The springs weren't actually flowing, but rather dripping, when we reached the bottom.  It was green and serene - exactly what we were looking for.

 

IN HER ELEMENT

 

Pamela obviously thrives in this environment.

Ever the explorer, she climbed up to a series of caves and crawled from one to the other.

 

HAPPY AS A CLAM

 

Nothing makes Camille happier than a nice, long walk.  She poses next to the End of the Trail sign as a symbolic gesture in view of her plans to leave Maui in six weeks.

 

ART

Is where you find it.  This is a bed of moss with a crop of tiny hair like shoots.

This root had multiple personalities and reminded Pamela of Halloween.

 

Bark and fern.

 

AAHHH!

No beer is as refreshing as the one you earn.  After we climbed back up the Waihou Springs trail, Pamela treated us to a pair of cold beers.

 

THIS WAY TO THE GREAT EGRESS

 

As we made our way out, a colorful little bird with an elaborate song flew to a branch only 5 feet from our faces and serenaded us.  It turned out to be a Red-billed Leiothrix.

 

WOMEN OF THE WOODS

  

Our feet moved slower and slower as we walked towards Pam's car, and we kept finding more excuses to stop and take pictures.

 

Well, someone had to hold up this tree!

 

   

Time for one more smile before plunging back into our day.

"If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen." - Henry David Thoreau

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