Saturday Morning Hike
Today was the first Saturday in over a month that it hasn’t rained where we were or where we planned to be.
Living on an island, you’re bound to get rain somewhere at some point during the day. The last two weekends we planned beach days and those were a bust. Even though today looked a little overcast, we decided to try hiking in Pearl City. It was a trail I’ve done tons of times, but never with the kids. Normally, it’s a nice little hike to Waimano Falls down in the valley. You work up a sweat coming back up heart attack hill, but I remember it being doable. I knew we wouldn’t make it to the waterfall, but I figured we’d have fun on the trail as there are lots of shade and roots to hop over. It ended up being a good morning activity for the Wolfepack.
If it takes a decently fit person about an hour to get to the waterfall, it would have taken us about six hours. We didn’t make it nearly as far as I thought… but then again, we didn’t go with a destination in mind. We just wanted to enjoy God’s beautiful creation and soak up whatever discoveries we might make along the way. We probably didn’t even make it a quarter mile, but it was a fun family adventure. Mike and I have learned to temper our expectations when it comes to family outings in this season of life. The destination isn’t as important as the journey… and today’s journey was (mostly) free of whining, crying, accidents, blowouts or major meltdowns. So, basically a WIN!
First, our trail leader found a hiking stick for the journey.
Next, we started along down the path… Emma had her “binoculars” out to search for animals 
We found some pretty little flowers…
Then we hiked up to look over a ridge to see what kind of views it offered…
Next, we came to some power lines. That called for a snack, obviously…
Emma impressed us by walking up the “mountain” all by herself… (I think the motivation of a snack had something to do with it)!
Snack time bonding. Peanuts and raisins were made for the trail (see what I did there)?
Energized!
Cary really loved being outside too. Not a single peep from this feisty little lady!
Looking at something in the distance… I can’t remember what.
Making our descent back to the trail. We made sure to avoid the mud puddle
Overall, a fun family morning! We plan to do it more often now that Cary can hold her head up well in the carrier! Aloha. Hope everyone has a great weekend
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