Learn something new everyday. Today, I learned there is a lovely neighborhood park in walking distance from my house...and a fabulous hiking trail just behind that! Today we were finally able to go on a hike---without driving (well, sort of...more on that later). We simply geared up, walked out of our house and to a trail we'd never explored before. Adventure Saturday! Today's hike was 2.2 miles (one way) on a partially old paved road, winding around the back woods of Mililani, down to Kipapa Stream, back up to...Costco in Waipio. Say what? We truly had not planned on arriving on the oustskirts of a farm that is directly across from our local Costco. Hiking truly lands you in the most unexpected places. Along our route we encountered dirt bikers, a small band of pre-teen scooter riders, a couple of farm hands in a truck, a very intimidating junkyard dog, zero other hikers, and a friendly Starbucks Barista. That's right, after our Saturday surprise hiking adventure, we f
...minus the frisee and minus the bacon. I made my own dressing again, however, and toasted fresh bread...in restaurant terms, a baguette. It was just like CPK. This was all I had for dinner. No snack later either. It is possible to change...for one day anyway. I found it difficult to locate the special hair like looking lettuce known as frisee. And you know I don't eat bacon anymore, so, I substituted the lettuce for pretty, fancy lettuce from Times Supermarket, added my blue cheese crumble, slapped the baguette on the side, sprinkled dressing over the top and called it done. The boys enjoyed it, although not as much as previous, more ingredient rich salads. But in the heat of the summer, there really is nothing like a crisp, light salad. Anyway, today is birthday party Saturday, so we had to eat light as to make up for any fried, cupcake, heart attack inducing foods we may be consuming in large quantities today.
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