Kauai!

I spent the last weekend in Kauai with a friend from Oahu. We had a great time. We flew about 20 minutes to the island and spent 3 days hiking. The view was amazing and camping was a lot of fun.





The beginning started out slow and easy.  the far view was beautiful but we hiked through some pretty thick jungle mess and due to a late start, we had to make camp only a few miles in.  I didn't really mind... I was lugging around about 40 lbs. on my back.   

The first night was filled with rain and although my shoe's were under the tent cover they still got soaked.  I had to deal with it and hike on, 9 more miles that day.  Unfortunately the rain left the trails extremely slick and I busted! My hip got a little strained, nothing to bad for an average day but with the pack and slick, extremely thin trail, I was in for a bad day.  

The people taking tours of the coast in boats would yell and wave at us.  We also saw a lot of helicopters and a few topless hikers... even topless lady hikers.  It turns out the beach was full of topless people, several completely nude couples and a few homeless people who now call the beach home.  The trail we took was narrow in some places, to the point that if you fall you die.  It was a lot of fun but difficult to hike up the hills, then down the valleys for so long.  

Here are a few pictures of the 2nd day, miles 2-9.






Some parts of the trail were not so tropical looking.  It actually reminded me a lot of hiking in Palo Duro Canyons.  Also, there were goats! I loved them. 

There were waterfalls everywhere and I was able to take a bath or shower everyday in one of them.  Yes, I got naked in the wilderness... a lot.  Everyone was doing it! haha 

The last stretch was unbelievable!  It's hard to believe that I was actually there just a few days ago, naked... haha Not really.  Those pictures will be in the next post! This one is two long.... :-(