Aiea Loop Trail

We went on a really fun hike yesterday! It was 4.5 miles long and the kids did great! Parts of it were really steep, muddy, tricky, etc. James walked the whole thing and Daniel made it about 3 miles, which is pretty great! Sterling carried Sophia in the backpack the first half, then she got fussy and wanted me so I carried her the last half. Sterling got to carry Daniel about the last mile and a half. It's a good thing Sterling is so strong and in such great shape because and extra 35 lbs on your sholders is a lot when you are hiking. It was an amazingly beautiful, jungle hike. It really felt like we were in the jungle. There were lots of ridges that had pretty big drop offs on each side and lots of amazing views.

My camera just couldn't capture some of the amazingness of what we saw!

The boys couldn't resist Shwacking everything with their sticks!

We had lots of obsticles in the trail.. it only added to the adventure!

What a cute "little Momma!"

Why go under the log when it is so much more dangerous for a little guy to go over the log! What you can't see is how steep it is below the log!


James loved these "steps".

Daniel wanted to climb anything and everything that was along the trail. So we plopped them up there to take another great picture!

Daniel is so much like Colton, my little brother, when he was little. Daniel has to take his animal treasures with him everywhere! He carried his backpack most of the way, just to take his Safari toys and guys with him. Every time we stopped for a snack Daniel got out his toys to play!

This pictures doesn't really show how amazing the valley behind us was, but I sure have a cute family!

There was a part of our hike that the tree roots were so crazy you had to be really careful where you could step. James thought it was great to jump from branch to branch..

This is the end of the hike.. we were so grateful to come up out of the bottom of the canapy and be able to see Ford Island. We weren't sure we were going to beat the sun. Our hike turned into a little more than we had thought it would be... but it was fabulous!

For all those who want to see my little island.. This is Ford Island, it was kind of hazzy so it isn't very clear, but the Missouri is on the left, my monster ball is on the right and if you look really close you can see the tower..