the first day of summer and what do i do? go out with co-workers. haha, nah, i gotta get over this work-stigma... i never like to see work people outside of "work," but sometimes it's not a bad thing right? anyway, so i went on the makapu'u lighthouse trail with my friends from work (see, that's a step up from calling them "co-workers") on wednesday. now... i was told "hey matt, we're gonna do the makapu'u lighthouse trail on wednesday, you wanna come?" right, so of course i said "sure, i've been on that trail before and i liked it so i'll go again." that was the week before... tuesday comes along and this is what i hear from another co-worker, "hey matt, they're not going on the paved trail, did you know that?" i, of course, did not know that because when they first said "makapu'u lighthouse trail" i googled it to make sure that i knew which one they were talking about and on every page i clicked it all said "2 mile round trip, paved road to the makapu'u lighthouse." oh, the deception.
anyway, so when we get to the parking lot on wednesday their plan was to skip the paved trail and go up the mountain another way... on a different "trail." i use quotation marks because their idea of "trail" was jumping over a rock wall (clue #1 that you are going somewhere you should not go) and following a set of pipes up and over the mountain on the cliff side (clue #2 - big scary drop-off of death) to get to the observation site at the end of the actual paved road (clue #1 that this is where people actually belong).
if you've been there you might have an idea of where they went, but in the picture above you can see the main parking lot... just further past that along the main road is a look-out site (right where the ocean comes into view) where they started their "hike" (jumping a rock wall in the process) and hiking up the left-side of the mountain on the right of the picture (meanwhile, my much smarter friend and i were safely, and happily on the paved trail taking this picture).
we got to the observation deck pretty quickly (and happily... and smartly) and i took this picture of those other guys on the top of the mountain after they had climbed up from their side and hiked down the near-side of the mountain to the same observation deck... see them all the way up there perched perilously with no discernable way down? haha. nah, they were okay, but two of them elected to take the paved road back down instead of going back the way they came, haw haw. anyway, it was a fun day, had some greek food at the koko marina center on our way back home, took a shower and crashed on my couch for the rest of the day... and so begins my summer, hopefully all my days will start with beach and end with a shower and crashing on my couch... good stuff.
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