On Sunday we woke up early to get started on our long hike back. I definitely did not sleep well the night before as I was dreading the hike and I was worried about the little black kitten. He turned out to be totally fine, but I was still dreading the hike. Once again, at about mile 9 I think we were all pretty done. It was a gorgeous day and much hotter than the hike in so we went through all of our water and had to stop and refill at the rivers. We were thrilled to make it to the last river and see people! It meant we were almost back. I was so happy to get off that trail and see our rental car! We all took showers and had a ton of food in Hanalei. This is the second hardest thing I’ve ever done (only being trumped by the first time I did it). Such a fun experience, but we were all thankful to sleep in a real bed that night!

Good morning and goodbye to the beach!

I think this was on accident but I loved it.

The long hike up the red dirt hill.

The sun on the ridges in the morning is beautiful.

Group shot!

Crawler’s ledge on the way back.

Finished!

Looking back at crawler’s ledge.

Love the trees against the water.

Made it to the first river/beach!

Looking back at what we accomplished.

We did it!!