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Friday, February 7, 2014

Makapu'u Lighthouse

After 2 1/2 long months of recovery, I finally felt up to doing some hiking, so we decided to spend a Saturday climbing up to the Makapu'u lighthouse, which is supposed to be a great place to see migrating whales. 
 The views were amazing! 
 Since there was a paved trail all the way up, Sarah rode in the stroller.  I'm afraid her adorable face won't appear in this post because she was an angel and slept the whole time.  

 View of the eastern side of the island toward Kailua.
 You thought that was a tiny lizard, didn't you? So did I, until I got really close and discovered that it was actually a seed pod. How disappointing.
 No, Kelson isn't pondering throwing the baby over the edge.  He was just carrying her up some stairs.  We weren't actually very close to the cliff. 
 No whales that day, but it was still beautiful.  I believe that is the island of Molokai you can just barely see in the distance, but don't quote me on that.

After our hike, we went for a drive looking for a new beach to try.  We stumbled into He'eia state park, and we were welcomed by this very strange sight.  There were dozens of cats lounging all over the parking lot.  They weren't scraggly strays either; they looked happy and well-fed, and they weren't at all  skittish.  Scattered among them were lots of chickens, which didn't seem at all perturbed.  It was like a scene from the twilight zone.  We learned later that an old lady started feeding the cats there decades ago, and people just started abandoning unwanted cats there.  Now she is feeding dozens of animals.  Amazing.

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