P'uu Ma'eli'eli - July 15, 2017 

Today was DJ’s 71st birthday. For his hike we did something easy or what we thought was easy. We took a scenic route that skirted the base of Ma'eli'eli. I've never taken this route before so it was going to be interesting. 

We met at Koolau Shopping Center at 8:30am and walked on Kahekili Highway. We hiked up Ma'eli'eli ridge, but made a right at a junction which took us down to the marsh. Strawberry guava was in peak season and I took advantage of the harvest. 

At the bottom, we encountered this cool looking dirt road. DJ said lots of crews film movies here. We sang happy birthday to DJ. Jan made a peanut butter and brownie to celebrate.  

As we continued on, we took a wrong turn and ended up on Ma'eli'eli ridge. We topped out at the world class view. But since it was so hot, we decided to hang out under the shade for most of the time we were up there. 

Going back was like 20 minutes, it was so fast. PHM was at Waiahole Poi factory. The kalua pig is out of this world. But the best thing was the haupia ice cream with kulolo a.k.a. Sweet Lady from Waiahole ice cream. That was the best thing I ever ate in the past month.