Hike 4: Haleakala Crater: Upside down mountain
A penny for your thoughts, on the way down Ominous & beautiful--takes the breath away Close to the bottom um ... the floor Zig-zag down and of course, up again Wow! Did I take a wrong turn And now for something completely different. What a day. Following a wonderful Shabbos yesterday, our editor was not at all 'fazed' by the 8 mile hike on stones and rocks down and along the cliffs as we made our way to the 'floor' of the crater. It is a remarkable place. "It must rank in our top ten hikes," we mentioned. "Don't go that route again," she replied. "The last time we counted, there were 20 hikes in the top ten. You need to get rid of at least one if you are to add another," she fumed and strode down further. Obviously, she is correct but we don't see a solution so maybe the best ten will have grown by one...to 21. Whoever said that life was completely logical? Meantime, with every step downwards we remembered there would ...