Another adventure of island exploration was completed today. Gwen and I got up early, and after driving to Pa'ia for breakfast at Charley's, we drove up Baldwin avenue up to Makawao and then up the Kula highway to Polipoli State park, where we hiked for five miles down the Redwood trail, then on the Plum trail and back up the Haleakala Ridge and Polipoli trails.

Along the way we were treated to magnificent views of redwood forests, deep gulches, ferns, flowers, abandoned shelters and even a view of the big Island and the snow-capped top of Mauna Kea.