Maunawili Falls Trail

I apologize for not writing more about the holiday season. I wish there was a good reason but really it is just due to laziness. After all the family left (we just sent the last one home on Friday) we just needed to relax. I still plan to write more about Christmas because we did so much and it was nice to have all the family here but first...a quick post about our hike today.

I have been wanting to go on this hike for a while but never really knew where it was and Gil hasn't had the time. It is actually only 10/15 minutes from our house. It is very easy and takes roughly 40 minutes to get to the end. Once you arrive you are greeted by a icy swimming pool and waterfall.

We went early this morning and once there were very happy we did! There were only a few people at the waterfall when we first arrived and as we left there were crowds of people showing up.

We weren't sure if we were going to go in the water and once we got there I think we were even less likely to go in the water because of how cold it was. Finally though, I thought, we came all this way and we are in our bathing suits then we should do it.

Boy, was it COLD!

I can't remember the last time I was in water that cold. Gil even got me to jump off the rock...which I am never really prone to do. It was fun though and once you get on top of the waterfall you can see another smaller one above it...had I not decided to jump I would have never gotten to see the mini swimming hole/waterfall.



Lastly...here is footage of the two of us jumping into the swimming hole.

Hopefully soon I will take the time to sit in the office and finish the Christmas post. Hope you enjoyed our sunny hike with us.