On Wednesday afternoon, me and the kids decided a new hiking adventure was in store. We got a late start, so no driving 1 1/2 hours to their first choice which included some cool rope bridges. We stayed closer to home going in search of petroglyphs and possible a smoothie (it’s the same thing in Hawaii as it is in KC).

We will all say it was stinkin’ HOT (note: Lahaina hikes should be done earlier rather than later). Lahaina hikes seem to pretty much be in the sun – relief comes from any section that might get close to the ocean. Of course, we were on the mauka (mountain) side, though, so no such luck. We celebrated breezes and clouds covering the sun…I know you feel sorry for us!

The petroglyphs were not what I expected – despite having a picture of them. I thought they’d be bigger – way bigger. Maybe up close they would have been. We found them back accident as I sat down to read the guidebook (again) while Max relieved himself. Honestly, if we hadn’t been trying to find a place for him to go, I don’t think I would have sat down and looked up long enough to see the things.

A couple of pics later, we decided to try a shot at another trail. We ended up going to the top of Kilea cinder which at some point in the wayback past only had about 15 feet of its top showing above the water. That’s something considering the expanse of land between us and the water when we reached the top.

The view from “up top” made the whole thing worthwhile although the kids might argue it was the smoothies sold at the roadside stand that was our landmark for where to start the hike.

Aloha!

Jennifer