173 Steps = An Amazing View

Hello,
Tami and I decided we were going to hike Diamond Head again. The last time we had done it was last spring break.

This is me being me before we went to breakfast at IHOP.

This was after we got on the bus to head to Diamond Head State Monument. I was just too excited. Those pancakes gave me all kinds of crazy energy I needed to claim up the side of a mountain.

Then I decided to have a little bit of fun with the settings on my camera. This setting is called Fish Eyes hence the reason I'm making a fishy face.

First you walk up this winding trail.

Again more winding.

Then you get to start the fun stuff: stairs. This set is 74. After this set is a tunnel that of course goes uphill so you don't stop until you get to the pit stop before the next set of stairs.

The next set is 99 steps. Its best to take a break between sets but once you start the second set you DO NOT stop till you get to the top. If you stop you have a really hard time making yourself start again and more than likely you'll stop many more times before reaching the top. We took another break at the top of this set in the tunnel because a really good breeze comes through that tunnel.

This is the view down the back of the crater which is where you climb up.

Here's the view of Hawaii from the top.

This is more just a picture of Waikiki.

This is the Waikiki Shell which is where graduation for HPU is held. In a year and a half I'll be graduating there (Dec 2011). :-D

This is one of the signs they have at the bottom to show you the path you take to get to the top and where we found out how many steps there are because we were so not counting them.

After we were all done. We made it back on the bus to head back to Waikiki where we got some ice cream and hang out on the beach. Could not have asked for a better day. Sending you warm wishes and aloha kisses.