Alrighty guys, I'm finally on the blogging board!
Wow, can you believe that we survived a whole week of extensive, strenuous, toil?!
From setting up a camp sight and tents, to cutting down evil invasive species and Javelin throwing trees off the Makua Rim :D We truely did git'er done!
For all of us in Oahu Team D, we're truly fortunate to have such a wonderful, patient and knowledgeable staff at Peacock Flats to take care of us and guide us to help preserve and malama the land.
For those of you who don't know where we got to be, or haven't gotten the opportunity, we did go up to Mount Ka'ala-Highest Peak on Oahu baby! What a blessing lemme tell you. A great big Mahalo to Kupu for this unreal experience. I mean, have you guys ever been on the set of Jurassic Park? Neither have I, but this was 50 bagillion times more awesome, I'm so sure of it. We surfed the newly installed boardwalk we worked on (my first time holding a drill and drive, and I break the drill-bit...twice. Sorry, Merigold, you da bes!), and through the bog we had an awesome view. Have you ever been able to be at two places at once? Look at one side, it's Wainae Range, then look to the other, it's Ko'olau Range! Beast!
But down worry, Miss Intense Hiker, Mandy Hardman, worked us real good up in Makua Rim! I believe I can speak on behalf of my team when I say, we're all hurting: arms, shoulders, neck, knees, thighs, calves, muscles and bones anywhere. If not all these parts, at least one of 'um, even our hands cramped form hand-sawing guava hours on end! Yes, everybody, Strawberry-guava is bad for the natives (try think about that when you eat your PB and J sandwich, or slurp up a Srawberry Guava Hawaiian Sun ;]P) But non the less, Ohana D exceeded Mandy's expectations with the amount we cut down and it made me so proud. No fuss too, yah Chase? Ha-ha.
Camping and open-mic bond time was great guys. Pretty mean meals too, so I'm ready for one Kanack Attack now...
Again, much mahalos and aloha to Camp Pauhole Staff in the upper Mokule'ia region:
Chris Miller (without you we coulda had cold meals, the bes' stove outdoors!)
Mandy Hardman (miss marathon hiker, your an idol)
Merigold Toll (for your patience with meon drills and expertise on the boardwalk)
and I think Tyler (pig trap installer, hope we caught some.)
Kupu, my bomb-diggity leaders and of course my Ohana D!
Love, Robynne G. (igarot ;P) Team D
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