Maunawili Falls: Or should I say Maunawili's Revenge???

On Saturday Pike and I joined a rather large group of friends to go on a hike. The hike was Maunawili Falls, this hike is known to be easy, but I would have to beg to differ. Mind you, we did go on this hike after it had poured rain the whole day before.

We did bring both our camera and video camera because we were determined to have amazing pictures to post and brag about our adventures. Sadly, we had forgotten to put the memory card back into the camera after downloading pictures from the previous post, and the video camera, well, we just need to figure out our relationship with it... it works but just not when we need it to work! No worries... thank goodness for google and other people who have taken pictures. I have downloaded the hike for you all to see!

Here is the begging, nothing to hard...



The river, that we crossed a few times during the hike...
This is however, where the hike started to take a nasty turn. After the first cross over the river the trail was pure mud and sticks! We were wearing flip flops, which didnt quite work with the mud. So, we took off our shoes and began to do the hike barefoot. Now I dont want to sound like a complainer, I did enjoy the hike, but I ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY HATE TO BE BAREFOOT!! K, so we are doing this barefoot and not thinking of what is going on, apparently there were millions of mosquitoes lurking in the mud and loving every minute of our bare skin.



More of the Hike, Finally stairs!!!! Just a little piece of heaven, making the hike easier...no mud!



This is where the hike turns beautiful! Just standing there and taking in all of the views was probably my favorite part!



The End! The waterfall, yes it is pretty, but in our opinion not quite worth it... It was fun to be there though. Pike and some of his friends jumped from the highest cliff into the freezing cold water. It was funny to watch everyone jump, most of whom smacked the water so hard, it had to of hurt them really bad, but since there were so many of us by standers, they covered up the pain and forced smiles onto their faces! and yes, Pike was one of them!!! haha



Now why do I refer to the hike as revenge you might ask...
The next day, Pike could barely walk, his legs got quite the work out, both of our feet hurt, and bug bites everywhere! I should have taken pictures, but most of mine swelled up to the size of golf balls. And that's no exaggeration! People at church were mystified, they had never seen anything like it! We will also be digging out the mud from out toenails for who knows how long!!! All and all, I'm glad we did it!

Needless to say, for those of you who may come visit us in the future and you want to do this hike, I hope you have fun! We will show you the way to get there, but we will not be doing it again. :)

oh I almost forgot, the best part of the day was when we got into the car and our friends Matty and Lindsay invited us to go into Kailua to get Acai bowls! I love Kailua and would be happy to take you visitors there!!!

The BIG Shindigey Dig.... our new home!

This is our last day in Midway! I thought that I would never say this, but I really do miss the beauty of the snow, not so much the cold, but the views from inside!!!

Last Monday, Pike and I said goodbye to Utah, which by the way, was 17 degrees, and hello Hawaii. It was a little bit harder for me than Pike, but good nonetheless. I am really going to miss my family being so close, especially Scott, Tara, Caden and Abbie, and of course my parents who practically lived there with us! The last few months have been amazing and I am sad to say goodbye.


So this is Hawaii?!?!

Hawaii is incredibly beautiful! I have seen pictures and heard of its beauty, but nothing is more comparable then seeing it for yourself. It truly is a remarkable and breathtaking place. Im not gong to lie though, as we were driving I was a little upset, from what I had heard was that towards the north shore it was more country, which I guess it is, but my idea of country is minimal houses and more land! I was apparently wrong for thinking that, it is much more populated here then I ever imagined.

This past week we have been getting things settled and I am trying to learn where everything is... I think I have the basics down now. Pike has been busy with school, while I am still looking for a job! Our apartment is small but very nice and not to far from beach access. But when it is really windy, I am too chicken to walk down the steep and slightly slanted steps to it! I much more prefer driving down to the north shore!

Our ward is very friendly and the best part is that everyone is around our age, not our parents and grandparents! The funniest part is that the ward is small and within it there are 5 Lindseys! Its crazy but cool cuz I have only known of 2 other Lindseys growing up.

So far my favorite things:
Acai bowls! My friend Missy told me that I have to try them, and they are indeed magnificent! I really want to figure out how to make my own, the only problem is, I have no idea where to buy acai berries?! I also love just being in the sun... we are slowly working on our tans. We just tried this Thai restaurant with our friends Matty and Lindsay and it was delicious! We will definitely eat there again. We also have enjoyed watching the huge waves crashing right onto the shore line. Today they had to have been at least 20 ft! Awesome!

The weather has been great so far, at first I was nervous because it was just raining, but now the sun has been shinning and so has my smile! I love just going to the beach and watching the waves and surfers. The waves are suppose to get up to 30 + feet this week, so I am sure I will have some cool pictures of them!

This is our very cozy bedroom! We like it...the closet is a pretty good size and our sheets on the bed are amazing! Thanks mom and dad!!!


This is a picture I took before we unpacked everything... dont worry everything is put away and it looks a lot better! This picture is basically our family room/kitchen. I forgot to take pictures of the Kitchen side so I may post them another day. From this picture the kitchen is to the left. That door leads to outside and directly across from it is our bathroom, which I also didnt take a picture of...please be patient with me! I am still learning how to use a camera????





This is a what we do at the beach...Pike studies and I play with seals! haha...not really I was pretty scared of him because when I was standing by him he just kept staring at me and watching my every move!