Life of Larisa or LOL

There are certain trails that you see, either driving by them, on television, or on social media, and you always want to explore them, but just haven't gotten to them yet...due to time, or skill, or proximity.  Today, was the day that I was able to check off (partially anyway) a trail that I had been mentally "eyeing"up for some time. Today's trail started at the parking lot for Halona Blowhole, next to a popular swimming area affectionately called Cockroach Cove.  After parking the car, we crossed a pretty busy road and immediately began climbing rocks.  This exposed, rocky portion of the trail was the easiest part.  The trail here is open and wide and provides views of Cockroach Cove (or the From Here to Eternity Beach), Makapu'u Lighthouse area, Hanauma Bay, and the Ka Iwi Coastline. This portion of the trail is also the hike that we have done several times known as the Koko Crater Arch.  If you are just hiking to the arch, then your journey wil

I may have done the exact same hike two days in a row last week.  That's okay, since it was a twin falls, it only stands to reason that I would duplicate it.  Last week the weather was not my favorite.  I was beginning to feel like I was living back in Washington state with the constant cloud coverage, rainy days and nights, and the consecutive days of gray skies.  Despite the gloom and doom, I still had to get outside! Washington weather in Hawai'i is good for waterfalls!  I went on a double waterfall mission...two days in a row.  The first waterfall excursion was with three other hiking gals that I met online through a Facebook O'ahu Hiking Group.  I had hiked several other hikes with one of the fellow hikers but was meeting the other two ladies for the first time.  We had a wacky, wet, Wednesday adventure together.  Our destination was a set of twin falls just off from the Nu'uanu Pali Lookout. The hike to the falls is not very long, and in fact, h