Aiea Loop Trail

As promised, here are my fabulous photos from the Aiea Loop Trail. This is one of my favorite hikes because it is a loop (if you have been on a 4 mile one-way hike, that's 8 miles round-trip, then you know loop hikes are awesome!), peaceful (rather secluded and quiet despite its proximity to the H3 highway), safe (you can walk without looking down and worrying about tripping or falling down a cliff), and interesting (slanted trees, sleepy hollow, colorful flowers). Our good friends came back from Baltimore and they invited us to go on this hike. Although it took us 4 hours to complete this hike, we had a wonderful time. We made up lyrics as we sang them, told jokes that no other would find funny, spread rumors about raspberry plants along the trail, and made up stories on trees eating people (wait, that was just me).  

Here are some cool dead trees we saw along the trail. They are hollow, hence sleepy hollow. Well, they are not creepy ... just hollow wood and ... hollow wood reminds me of sleepy hollow for no reason at all. I am full of irrational thoughts, or BS for short.

How about these slanted trees shaped by the winds and the sun. When you look at them, don't you want to slant with them to blend in?

[left] Weird tree with a tumor. [Right] Mutualism is amazing. Bryan says the big tree is being strangled by the little. Why can't people think positively? Two plants can co-exist without killing each other, just like how Bryan and I can co-exist without me killing him.

Trees dancing along the trail. How is it that some trees just decide to go coo coo and grow all over the place? 

Beautiful colorful flowers along the trail. Any idea what these plants are? Oh how I miss taking these shots.

Ryan and Bryan had this crazy idea to hike with a ginormous dead tree. What the heck, right? I think they were a little too tired to act rationally. So insane but incredibly hilarious.