Hike 23: Koko Head, not crater
Hello, hello, Friday It looks like we are splitting hairs in the title. The crater hike, which we were intending to undertake, involves walking up 1100 stairs, reputed to be quite tough. However, because of confusing instructions in our guidebook, we ended up doing part of the ‘head’ trail, a very different experience. Although the pictures don’t capture the danger, nevertheless we experienced it. Showing wisdom beyond our maturity (notice we did not mention years although we were thinking 20-25 for maturity), we reached the arch and turned back after feeling the rain, wind and thinking ‘slippery slopes’, duh! More about this later; we are still shaking a little. The gradient of the arch--no chains, only rain and wind for support . Jenni eyeing our nemesis after returning from arch We have always loved hiking in the Western United States. Out here in Hawaii, we consider it just a little further west than the rest. So for the record, we now include it in that beautiful...