TREKKING
THROUGH THE TREE FARM
PAMELA
AND CAMILLE TAKE
A HIKE
November
2, 2004
WAIHOU SPRINGS
We made plans
to hike this trail a week before realizing we had scheduled it for election
day. What a nice way to unwind after doing our civic duty! The
springs weren’t actually flowing, but rather dripping, when we reached the
bottom. It was green and serene – exactly what we were looking for.
IN HER ELEMENT
Pamela
obviously thrives in this environment.
Ever the
explorer, she climbed up to a series of caves and crawled from one to the
other.
HAPPY AS A
CLAM
Nothing makes
Camille happier than a nice, long walk. She poses next to the End of
the Trail sign as a symbolic gesture in view of her plans to leave Maui in
six weeks.
ART
Is where you
find it. This is a bed of moss with a crop of tiny hair like shoots.
This root had
multiple personalities and reminded Pamela of Halloween.
Bark and fern.
AAHHH!
No beer is as
refreshing as the one you earn. After we climbed back up the Waihou
Springs trail, Pamela treated us to a pair of cold beers.
THIS WAY TO
THE GREAT EGRESS
As we made our
way out, a colorful little bird with an elaborate song flew to a branch only
5 feet from our faces and serenaded us. It turned out to be a Red-billed
Leiothrix.
WOMEN OF THE
WOODS
Our
feet moved slower and slower as we walked towards Pam’s car, and we kept
finding more excuses to stop and take pictures.
Well, someone
had to hold up this tree!
Time for one
more smile before plunging back into our day.
“If a man walks in the woods for
love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a
loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods
and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and
enterprising citizen.” – Henry David Thoreau