La Hikina Lahui
ʻAʻole maopopo loa iaʻu pehea a i ka wā aʻu i hele mua ai i ka huakaʻi, akā he ʻāpana nui ia o koʻu ola i kēia manawa, a ke mahalo nei au i kēlā. He mea nui ka hele wāwae nā pōmaikaʻi ola kino a noʻonoʻo, a ua hōʻike mai iaʻu i nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha a me nā holoholona hihiu ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻike.
He puke paha ia i hoʻokomo iaʻu i ka hele wāwae. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomanaʻo i koʻu mau makahiki i koʻu heluhelu mua ʻana “Ka hapalua i ka Lani"na Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, akā hoʻomanaʻo wau ua hoʻomaka ia i kahi hoihoi me ka Appalachian Trail. Ua ulu au ma New York, ʻaʻole ma ka Appalachian Trail akā kokoke i ia, ʻaʻole naʻe i hana i kekahi ʻāpana o ia mea a hiki i ka huli hewa ʻana i alakaʻi iaʻu a me kaʻu kāne i kēia manawa ma kahi huakaʻi i kekahi mau makahiki i hala. I ko mākou ʻike ʻana ʻaʻole mākou e hele wāwae Ka Ihu o Anthony akā aia ma kahi ʻāpana o ka Appalachian Trail, ua ʻakaʻaka wau ua hoʻomaka mākou i kahi ʻāpana-hike a pono mākou e hoʻopau i ke ala holoʻokoʻa i kekahi lā. ʻAʻole i hiki (akā) akā ua hana au i nā hikes epic ʻē aʻe i nā makahiki.
ʻOiai haʻaheo wau i nā mauna aʻu i hele ai, me Mauna Mansfield ma Vermont (a ʻaʻole wale no ka mea kokoke loa i ka hale hana ʻo Ben & Jerry, no laila e uku wau iaʻu iho me ka huakaʻi huakaʻi a me ka ice cream ma hope), Mauna huinaha, a me kaʻu 14er mua (kahi aʻu i manaʻo ai ua haki koʻu mau manamana wāwae ʻelua i ke ala i luna a pono e hobble i ke ala holoʻokoʻa i lalo), ʻaʻole pili mau ka hele wāwae i ka loaʻa kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe a i ʻole ka lōʻihi noʻu. I kekahi manawa ʻo ka uku ʻo ia ka hiʻohiʻona a i ʻole ka holoholona hihiu aʻu e ʻike ai; i kekahi manawa ʻo ka ea hou a me ka hoʻoikaika kino. ʻO ka hele ʻana i ke ʻano i kekahi manawa hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ka noʻonoʻo maopopo ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke loaʻa, a he ʻano hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻokoʻa ia ma mua o ka hele ʻana a puni koʻu kaiāulu.
Pāka Aupuni ʻo Sand Dunes Nui ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi hoihoi loa aʻu i hele ai. He luʻi kūʻokoʻa ko ka hele wāwae ʻana ma nā puʻu, a ua like au me he mea lā aia wau ma kahi honua ʻē aʻe i koʻu piʻi ʻana i luna. ʻOiai ua loaʻa i koʻu kino holoʻokoʻa kahi hoʻomaʻamaʻa pepehi kanaka, ʻo nā manaʻo ka mea aʻu e hoʻomanaʻo mau ai.
ʻO kahi ʻē aʻe aʻu i manaʻo ai me he mea lā aia wau ma ka honua ʻokoʻa Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Ua hū hope ʻo Kilauea i ka makahiki 2018, a i kēia manawa hiki iā ʻoe ke piʻi i kahi ʻāpana o ka lua i ka National Park. He ʻāhiu ka hiki ke hele ma luna me ka ʻike ʻana i ka uahi a me ka mahu ma kahi mamao.
ʻO nā hike ʻē aʻe i manaʻo ai ua lawe ʻia au i kahi honua ʻē aʻe ʻo ia ʻo Badlands National Park, Canyonlands National Park, a me Custer State Park.
ʻO ka nani o ka hele wāwae hiki i kekahi ke hana, ma nā wahi a pau, i kēlā me kēia manawa o ka makahiki, inā pono ʻoe i kahi alahele hiki i ka noho huila, he piʻi pōkole a maʻalahi e hana me na keiki, a holo ʻīlio aloha.