Hiking

Much apologies for the delay for those of you who follow my blog regularly… As soon as I returned from the November California trip, I was thrown into several adventures, of which made it difficult to finish the 9 posts from Lowe Trail, Yosemite and Joshua Tree. The day after thanksgiving, I was fortunate enough […]

[Part 1] [Part2] [Part 3] [View Gallery] Hiking in Joshua Tree National Park was not as aesthetically impressive or exciting as the trails at Yosemite I visited last week… so I’m probably not going to detail much here. There are several hiking trails within the park, most of which are short and can be done […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] [View Gallery] Yosemite Falls is the largest two-tiered falls in North America, having a total height of 2425 feet (lower falls not shown). The upper falls is 1430 feet alone, and is the sixth largest waterfall in the world (shown above). After a cold night […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] Driving to Yosemite in the early AM from Los Angeles allowed us to easily secure a campsite at the walk-in campgrounds (Tunnel View Lookout). However, this early arrival also allowed Luke and I to explore Yosemite by moonlight (Forest behind Tunnel View Lookout)… The camping […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] [View Gallery] After setting up at Campsite 4 on Day 1, we went to the visitor center to ask the National Park Service rangers about trails in the valley (since we did little planning prior to arrival). The workers were very friendly and provided us […]

Lowe Trail and Echo Mountain are well known mountain trails in Altadena, CA. For those of you who are not familiar with this city, it is just outside of Los Angeles, north of Pasadena. The first of my California adventures this year; friends Luke and Merilee (new LA residents) and I packed for a short […]

Combining valley, waterfall, ridge and summit hikes into one, Kaau Crater Rim Trail is by far one of my favorite trails on the island of Oahu. There are a couple different routes you can follow to hike in Palolo. (1) You can either go up to the summit via the valley trails to the waterfalls […]

After seeing a plethora of waterfalls at Moole Valley earlier, the three of us (Baron, Justin and I) headed to Manoa Valley to complete the “Waterfall Marathon” we set out to do that day. The main waterfalls included Luaalaea, Naniuapo and Waikeakua Falls… all of which are located east of the well known, Manoa Falls. […]

With the increased frequency and duration of rains in the past couple of weeks, waterfalls have been popular trend in the local hiking community. Instead of doing a rain dance, Baron Yamamoto invited me to do a “waterfall marathon” with him and his friend Justin Chu. Despite not knowing what to expect of a waterfall […]

A tribute to the famous children’s book and epic movie, “Where The Wild Things Are…” The night Max wore his wolf suit… and made mischief of one kind and another… …his mother called him “WILD THING!” and Max said “I’LL EAT YOU UP!” …so he was sent to bed without eating anything. That very night […]