Waialae Nui Gulch - May 25, 2016 

I knew this hike existed. E has been here, but not to the waterfall. It was gonna happen sooner or later...it happened today.

I took a personal day from work and set up this hike with E. We were hoping for rain and rain was in the forecast. The meet up was at the Kahala Mall parking lot near Ross at 9:15am. E met me at my house and he drove us to Proo's house to pick her up. We got to the Kahala Mall parking lot before 9:00am. DJ was waiting. We were supposed to wait for DJ's friend Mark, but he did another hike. From Kahala Mall, we drove onto Kilauea Ave to the end of the road. The neighborhood appeared rich. One house had an outdoor lanai with a ceiling fan. 

E mentioned that someone cut the cali grass which consumed the trailhead. It was wide open and we could see where the entrance was. I was tired because I woke up at 2am and stayed up since then. The trail paralleled the stream and went through all these coffee trees, a lot of coffee trees. We crossed the stream a handful of times, losing the trail from time to time. But E knew where he was going. We also saw the junctions for the spur ridges that led up to Lanipo and Waialae Nui Ridge, a hike I did a few years back. The stream was nonexistent, but some stagnant pools appeared sporadically. 

It took us about an hour to get to this awesome area, an area where it looked like a movie. Although dry, the rocks and wilderness of the area made things movie like. We followed the stream encountering more 'movie like' areas. There was water, but it wasn't running. 

After about 1 1/2 hours we got to the first waterfall. It wasn't happening, a small trickle. Since it wasn't too wet, I decided to make the climb up the side of the waterfall chute via some solid holds to the second waterfall. This one had a bigger pool but again, a trickle. I climbed up to the third one. This one was very scenic because it was at an angle. If it had a strong flow, it would look pretty awesome. I progressed further, but didn't see anything nice. E went up farther than me and mentioned that he saw some nice things up there. 

DJ got his tripod ready and snapped a group photo. I love when DJ takes photos of the group. One day I'll print it all out. After eating some snacks, we went back. Going back seemed very fast, about 1 hour or so. It rained on the way back, but I had a change of clothes in the car so I wouldn’t have to stay in my wet clothes. 

PHM was at Whole Foods in Kahala Mall. I had two slices of pizzas - spinach and garlic and meat lovers. As always, Whole Foods was busy so was the eating area outside. E, DJ, & I went inside the mall to find a table. Proo was finishing up her order, but probably misheard where the eating place was. She eventually found her way inside the mall. I ate those two huge slices so fast and I was still hungry. We ended up at the candy store and E bought us popcorn. That filled me up. 

This hike would be awesome if there was flow. One day we are going to experience a great flow. Can't wait.