2005-2-13---Waimea Canyon:

Although we don't go here every year, we have been to Waimea Canyon a few times, too. This time it was a gorgeous day.

At the end of the Canyon road was a closed paved road that led to another view of the canyon. It was such a nice day, we decided to follow the tons of other people also walking along the road and see where it goes. At the end of the paved road was a lookout over the valley to the ocean and then this dirt hill down to some more views.

If you walk down the dirt trail from the lookout, though, you also have to walk back up it! Note the little people near the top of the hill.

Pretty much the same view of the valley as near the museum, but on as pretty of a day as it was this day, the walk was nice.

Back on the paved (or gravel) road, this was pretty much the views there and back. There were a few hills, but not bad. I think the roundtrip was maybe 3 or 4 miles. We even saw some piglets next to the road at one point. Thought that was pretty cool until we realized that probably meant there was a mother boar nearby. Fortunately the piglet ran back into the woods and we didn't get attacked by the mother. I think they opened this road back up to car traffic a year or so after we walked it, not sure of it's status now.