On November 19th the group started at Hana Bay, Kelly Beck as always was a tease!
Bill and Kelly found a palm tree growing out of a coconut,
then we headed on the road to Hana for a hike up the Pipiwai Trail, known by many as the seven pools although that is not its actual name.
Bob was a guy in our group that said, "If you are not living on the edge you are taking up too much space." When we saw this sign on the hike we had to take his picture by it.
Fun shots on the Pipiwai Trail....
The bamboo on the trail was so thick that it looked like night time at 11:00am. Very cool experience!
At the end of the trail was the Waimoku Falls. Pictures do not do justice to the majestic nature of these falls.
I learned how to do panoramic shots on the trail from a guy named Drik. This was a huge banyan tree on the trail.
After the hike we enjoyed lunch and continued a banana peel war with one of the other cars in our group. Kelly and Ilene Beck were great fun!
We enjoyed a great afternoon at the Koki Beach.
Three guys in our group got stuck in the ocean tides and these two local surfers fished them out. One of the guys, Bill. had a heart attack while out in the ocean. Bill's wife's native language is Spanish and the surfer that rescued Bill was from Argentina. It was a blessing that they were able to talk to each other in Spanish.
911 was called and he was taken to the hospital. He was taken care of and came home ok. As a funny side note, I had stopped at the fire station with a friend in our group to see about switching badges. I asked this fireman what they deal with most and he said rescue at the beach, hours later he was helping with the rescue in our group, crazy!
We went to a more secluded beach with red sand that was beautiful!
In the evening Brooke did a henna turtle on my arm, this was an amazing day of adventure and blessings!
