Breathe Deep and Live Free

Breathe Deep and Live Free
Breathe Deep and Live Free
Showing posts with label mountains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mountains. Show all posts

Friday, December 2, 2011

Friday morning hikes are just my style!

So today Austin and I went on another cool hike on a trail called Maunawile.  It is supposed to be a short hike and there are supposed to be a super awesome waterfall at the end, but we didn't make it that far on account that I had to work at 2 so we ran out of time, and Austin lied, I mean got confused at how long it was :)
Mmmmmmm I picked my first guava straight from a guava tree! And then ate it!  It was so ridiculously delicious!  Be careful of the seeds though!
 We didn't make it to the top to see the waterfalls at Maunawile, but we still got to see this awesome view at the halfway point
 And this was the awesome view just to the left of that previous awesome view!  I love the way the clouds touch the top of the mountains!
 Don't forget to click on the pictures to get a full size view!
 Austin convinced me of these delicious tasting purple berries that grow in the trees.  He hoisted me up so I could pick a few and then we feasted.  They are super bitter, but excellently delicious
 Did we make it there?  Nope!  There was a sure fire attempt though!
 See that mud on my forehead?  Yeah I'm badass, that's right!  Even my bright blue eyes can't fool you! ha!
 Smelling the sweet sweet oxygen from the immense amount of Hawaiian trees.  Breath Deep!!

 Since we didn't make it to the waterfall at the top, we stopped along the river and pretended we made it to the waterfall.  OK OK, really we pretended we were gnomes, and gnomes would definitely think that the water splashing over the rocks was like a 90-foot waterfall!! 

Of course, only I got eaten alive by mosquitoes...  Luckily there is not West Nile Virus here!!!!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Breath-Takingly Beautiful

 You know how beautiful it is when it takes your photos 15 minutes just to upload!!  So I woke up at 5:45 and met up with my new friend Austin and his doggie Kaimana to hike the Pillboxes to see the sunrise.  We made it there before there was any sun at all! It was amazing.  The hike is not that bad.  You definitely work up a quick sweat, but it is 100% worth it.  20 minutes later you are sitting in one of the old army bunkers, shaded from the slight rain coming from the North, but in perfect view of that sun rising.
The whole world seemed to still be sleeping, and we didn't even see anyone else on the trail on the way up, which was good because Kaimana doesn't do so well with others yet! 


 So, look on and you can see as we saw; the sun slowly coming up to greet us :)
As many of you may know, I am totally infatuated with the pinks and purples that come with the sun <3

 Even Kaimana was amazed by the beauty!


It started to get extra super bright!
 His mom made me promise to print this picture out for her :)
 Good Morning Kailua!!
 Love at first sight for me and this big headed pup