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 The Maunawili Trail, April 4, 2009

We hike the Maunawili Trail, from the Pali Highway to Waimanalo.
 It's a 9 mile hike, but we're never more than 4 miles away from our house.


from Waimanalo

The trail begins

Trees from under rocks

Trail through young trees

The trail

View across Kawanui Marsh to Kaneohe

Clouds on the Pali

Maunawili Valley - the trail runs from left to right across the middle of the picture

The trail continues

A view to Olomana

The trail continues

Ferns

Looking up at the Koolaus

The trail under trees

Looking ahead

Tree and cliffs

Tree fern

Looking up

Another view to Olomana

Clouds

The Pali

Clouds

Greenery

The Pali

Wild orchid

Wild flower

The light shifts

Ti plants

Another view to Olomana

Tree and cliffs

Tree and cliffs

Trees

Looking back

Looking back - another view

Kailua again

Tree ferns

Light on the cliffs

Fiddlehead

More fiddleheads

Looking back

Wild flowers

Looking back

The light shifts again

A bend in the trail

Closer to Olomana

Vegetation

More tree ferns

Trees and mountains

Olomana

Trail on a steep hillside

Greens

Twisted trunk

Moss on lava

Moss on lava

Moss on lava

Palm in the forest

Moss on lava

Wet

Wild flower

Olomana

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