Surf and Turf: Koko Crater Botanical Garden and Ka Iwi Coastline
Twofer Tuesday! Two trails today---one inside the crater of a volcano, the other down to the deep blue water of the Pacific Ocean. The original plan for today was a quick and easy two mile loop hike in the crater of Kokohead where there is a free Botanical Garden. The gravelly dirt path that winds through the bottom of the crater takes you through a plumeria grove, a pack of cactus, large boulders, and patches of other vegetation I'm unfamiliar with. We've had out of town guests visiting and haven't hiked as much over the past couple of weeks, so a low key trail seemed like the best plan. This is seriously an easy hike...that my five year old still managed to dislike, complain, and even slip and fall on. I guess he didn't miss our regular hiking schedule as much as I did. We managed to complete the loop without a major meltdown, but I was feeling like I wasn't quite ready for our adventure day to be over. As we headed out of the garden, we decided to make a quic