Ko'loa Gulch Hike

A couple of guys asked us to go on a hike early Saturday morning.

Answer: YES!

They said it was just a few miles & would take about 2-3 hours.

We were having lots of fun goofing around & chatting while hiking.


We had to hike through tons of rock areas & water.
It wasn't exactly the easiest thing we've ever done!
At this point, we still had good attitudes
& were laughing at each other when we would slip or fall, etc.
We were even talking about the hike,
and how it relates to our lives & the things we believe.
We were in fun & optimistic moods!


After lots of hiking through these rocks,
J.Linn and LJ couldn't keep it in any longer,
"Guys, how much farther!?"
The guys started laughing & told us that the hike=total of 8 miles.
Who knows why they didn't tell us that from the beginning!
Not to mention, it took 2 miles to get the hike starting point,
and 2 miles to walk back home.
Boys will be boys?
YES!
We just weren't expecting it to be that long/take all day,
and we were starting to get super tired & really hungry.

We stopped for a break and thankfully one of the guys had snacks.

We thought the spot we stopped for a break was pretty cool.
There were some small waterfalls around,
and this little "pool" of bright blue water.
Pretty cool stuff!


After hiking, hiking, & more hiking,
We got to the last, biggest, waterfall the boys wanted to get to.
But little did Linds & Jame know,
in order to get there, one must climb up this rock wall by the rope.
It may look easy, but it was really steep/full of sharp rock edges.

The guys were saying stuff like,
"Come on! Are you girls seriously gonna be quitters!"
Surprisingly, Jamie stepped up to try.
She was doubting herself & telling the guys,
"Ropes are for jumping with, not climbing with!"
Lindsi was laughing and shaking her head at Jamie
from the moment she grabbed the rope to give it a shot.

Lindsi calls the picture above: Attempt
And the picture below: Result

Jamie didn't even care that she got soaking wet,
She loved that Lindsi was cracking up at her.
We would've brought our swim suits,
if the guys would've told us there were spots to swim.
But they forgot to mention that as well!

Luckily, even with out climbing up the rock wall
we could still see the big, beautiful waterfall.
We couldn't get a very good picture of it,
but you can sort of see it behind the tree branches & rocks.

We got a picture of the waterfall from one of the guys' camera.
We'll admit it was pretty awesome,
but we couldn't believe how long we had been hiking!
And still had to hike all the way back!
We kept talking about how sore our bodies were going to be,
but trying not to let the guys here us complain.
Of course, we were having fun, it just wasn't what we had in mind!
Jamie climbing down the top bunk the next morning was a joke!
We were two really sore girls.
Well, we got a dang good work out!

Whenever we do hikes like these,
we are always in awe at the incredible views.
Hawaii is beautiful.

Heres a video Lindsi took during a quick break.
We were cracking up at each other.
Lindsi's commentary during the video is pretty funny.
We couldn't figure out to rotate the video,
so just tilt your head & enjoy!