Makiki

Our first family hike in Hawaii was at Makiki...It's at the Hawaii Nature Center in Honolulu. It was 2.9 miles and went up 720 ft in elevation. We were totally unprepared for what we found on this hike...we were wearing normal clothing and I was in slippers (flip-flops). It was really raining when we got there but we figured it would be fine and not take that long---but, it was pretty long because the trail was mostly large rocks to climb over. It poured rain the entire time and we were all enjoying it, except Roddy who was carried by Robert. Sterling was our trail blazer and he kept a pretty good pace! We were totally surprised by him on this hike! He had so much fun and never complained once! We passed many people on this trail and everyone was shocked when they saw our little troop. We looked like we were either such hardcore hikers we didn't even need to be prepared, or we were lost! Robert carried Rod the entire time and Sterling was wearing Crocs. It was pretty funny, but we learned to bring towels and rainjackets for the boys from now on! Oh yeah, there are wild chicken everywhere here! Even in the forest, so I had to grab a shot of some on the walk to the hike.