Weekend Warriors

Since Luis is putting in some pretty serious hours at the office, our joint excursions are limited to the weekends and we've crammed in some significant sightseeing during those precious hours. I'm lucky enough that I get to do pretty much whatever I want during the weekdays and the question (frequently asked of me) of what the hell I do all day will be answered in a future post.

Late last year we took a hike up the northwest coast of the island all the way to a place called Kaena Point. It's the only part of the coast that has no road since it was washed away years ago. The only way to reach the point is by hoofing it and even the hiking path is partly washed away in a few places. The total hike was about 5 miles and it took us a several hours because, as you can see in the accompanying photo, we stopped to take in the beauty of the rocky coast.

Once we reached the point where the west coast of the island met the north shore, the rocky path turned to dunes and we saw a number of Laysan albatrosses, some on the nest, and a small lighthouse. At one point you could see down both sides of the island from the same spot. A monk seal was lazing in the sun on a little beach.

I'll put up some more photos in the next post because I haven't completely figured out how to format the photos in this thing. Maybe a 14 year old with a MySpace page can help me out.

You can also go to this website: http://www.fmschmitt.com/travels/Hawaii/Kaena-Point/index.html
if you have a burning desire to learn more about Kaena Point and see some great photos taken by someone besides us.