Steve Monas » gallery http://stevemonas.com Success in Life is an Adventure, not a Destination Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:45:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The Alaka’i Swamp Trail http://stevemonas.com/2009/09/09/the-alakai-swamp-trail/ http://stevemonas.com/2009/09/09/the-alakai-swamp-trail/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:26:57 +0000 Steve Monas http://stevemonas.com/?p=101 Waineke Rd - This was the entrance from the YWCA sign. Bridge with Metal Slab on the dirt road. 4WD Ford Exploring at the entrance Alaka'i Trail Entrance Wooden Boardwalk trail..most of the time. Stairs heading down Slippery When Wet -- This is a swamp after all. River going through swamp trail Check these trees out. Like from a ghostly movie Alaka'i Swamp In the clouds - Kilohana Lookout Now here is the way it would look, but getting this view, with all the rain that happens to the wettest island in the world, is rare.

I literally had my head in the clouds today on Alaka’i trail to Kilohana Lookout.  The clouds where literally and figuratively going all around me.  There is a sheer cliff overlooking the island’s north shore 4,000 feet below the Pu’u o Kila Lookout. On the trail, you are walking most of the time on a wooden boardwalk, which helps you keep off the mud. The trail itself goes through swamp land. In order to get here, I am fortunate that I have a 4WD vehicle to get to the start of the trail.  I made a right into YWCA direct road that is across from the Koke’e Restaurant and Lodge (the only restaurant up there). Check out this video with the clouds coming up:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLIm_azF3hs

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