Get up 4:30 am, pack lunches, rush out the door. Excitement is in the air, the mountains are calling. We are after all mountain people. The road is small, there is no cars in sight, its dark. 2500 feet, 3000 feet and climbing.Temperature dropping..Que the fog. Not just fog, fog that wants to eat you, fog that makes you feel like you are driving blind, fog that obscures EVERYTHING. Ok, fog, we don't care. We are going anyway. Drive and drive, drive at 10 miles an hour. One car passes, and then a couple more. They are all going down, out of the fog. Not us, we are determined. Arrival. Fog, fog everywhere. We drove the 18 miles to the end of the road up Waimea canyon to where you can see the Napali Coast. We spent 20 minutes in the car and then 10 out checking to see if the fog lifted. Come back to the car, feed the wild rooster, try and get him in the car because its cold and he looks like he wants to get warm, go back out. 9am...eat our lunch that we are supposed to be taking on a hike. The clouds broke for about 5 minutes. 9:15 give up that the fog will lift, find new trail to hike. Decide that a trail where an entire family of wild boar hunters are gathering is not the best trail. Finally find a good trail, convince Granny to go.
The hike was the best part of the entire day. We hiked about 5 or so miles. The path was slick, steep and very much like a rain forest. Wild mountain goats greeted us, but no wild boars. We were all sure we were going to be gored by a pig. No pigs even though I really wanted to see one. A waterfall called to us. Signs warned of cliff drop offs and flash floods, but onward we went. Becca, Chris and I went the whole way slipping and sliding. We got to the end of the line. A steep drop off stared me in the face. The clouds opened up, surrounded us, and it started pouring! So I'm supposed to climb down a slick cliff face with a stream running off it and try and see a waterfall through the fog. NOPE. Hike back to the car where granny was waiting. Even though we didn't see the falls, the hike was awesome. Well worth it.
Relaxing afternoon at the beach across from the house and a walk down the street to try and sneak a peak at the hoarder house. Dinner and bed to follow soon. Wonderful day spent outdoors.
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