Awapuhi Hike.

Kyleigh and Katelyn love awapuhi. Awapuhi (ava pu hee) is a natural conditioner. You squeeze the bulbs (without breaking the stems so they can refill). The thick liquid that comes out of the bulb can go right onto your hair. They love to smear it in their hair until they are dripping the snot like substance down the backs of their necks. It is in season right now so we promised Kyleigh we could go on a hike just to harvest awapuhi. I even bought a funnel. We went on the Kuilau hike, an easy 2.5 mile round trip hike with lots of guava and awapuhi. We filled all of our bottles before we reached the half mile mark then decided to keep going to the top. Once at our destination we played tag in the grassy field and ate banana bread at the covered picnic tables.

We ate lots of natures treats on the way. To reach the strawberry and lemon guavas Rusty holds Kyleigh up and she has to stay "stiff as a board." Luckily this is a game Rusty has played with the girls since they were tiny and now it is coming in handy. Kyleigh has to keep her legs straight and Rusty lifts her up over his head so she can pick the ripe guavas.

This was Katelyn's first hike hike. We have wondered when she would decide hiking might be more fun that riding in the backpack. She hiked 3/4 of the hike, or about 1.8 miles. I guess it's time to start planning her first backpacking trip.