Bob found another lookout that he thought we could do, so that became our game plan for Sunday. This route took us to the top of one of the mountains that we could see from the window of our Airbnb unit. After some work on the computer in the morning, we headed to Tantalus Lookout – Puu Ualakaa State Park.
Our route took us over the canal and then back through neighborhoods before cutting through a great school property where a water polo invitational was in progress.
Our route started in the Makiki Forest Recreation Area where we went up and up and up again (no zig zagging here) over a very rooty path before veering right into the Puu Ualakaa State Park. Google Maps said it should take us an hour and 45 minutes to get from our place to the top. It took just over 2 hours. This was a watch your footing, pause frequently hike.
This was so worth it!! Some of the best views we’ve ever seen and what a great look at Diamond Head. Many others were there to take in the view, but they drove up. Probably smarter. Much quieter though than Diamond Head.
As we started back through the lookout area to hit the trail, we saw chickens. Not sure why, but we have seen quite a few wild chickens while we’ve been here.
Aloha!
That’s it for our Hawaiian adventure as Monday was spent doing laundry, cleaning our unit, writing posts, and transferring our cell phone service from AT&T to Google Fi. That took a little effort, but the most stressful part was waiting to ensure the new SIM cards would arrive before our flight out.
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