Three Carolinians went on a 9.3 mile hike...

...and somehow managed to turn it into 12.5 or so!!! Instead of hiking from the Pali Lookout, which is near Kailua, to Waimanalo (which is where Jeff and I got married, if you don't remember - see the second shot on the left), we managed to hike from Pali Lookout to Waimanalo BACK to Kailua and ended up at probably the most gorgeous, fancy country club I have ever seen, Luana Hills Golf and Country Club. We took one wrong turn on the trail that made the difference between coming out safely at Annie's car and coming out stinky and covered in mud amongst a bunch of people planning a wedding, and hiking up to the clubhouse to call a cab! So after we got back to Annie's house to get a third car, we had to pick hers up in Waimanalo and mine at the Pali Lookout. On the way back, we ran into a couple who had lost their car keys on the trail and were locked out of their truck, so Annie gave them a ride back to Kaneohe while Kristin and I collected the Lancer. Afterward we were so exhausted! In fact, I think I am going to post pictures and go to bed - the pictures are in chronological order left to right, and the last one is the golf course (I am tempted to take up golf just to golf there; it was GORGEOUS).

--jess