Here's some shots of the hike. You'll see a lot of evidence of the fire, but I mostly didn't take pictures of the really dead and burned parts of the forest.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Polipoli State Park
Last Sunday I went hiking at Polipoli State Park. Several people had told me I should check it out. I had tried to go earlier this year, but the road in is a dirt track (you're supposed to have 4WD, but I managed in my car) and part of it had been washed out in the flash floods this past past "winter." I was able to get in this time and go hiking. I had not realized that the area where the hiking trail is is also where we had a large fire about a year and a half ago. The park is a hardwood forest in the Kula Forest Reserve, high on the side of Haleakala.
Here's some shots of the hike. You'll see a lot of evidence of the fire, but I mostly didn't take pictures of the really dead and burned parts of the forest.
Here's some shots of the hike. You'll see a lot of evidence of the fire, but I mostly didn't take pictures of the really dead and burned parts of the forest.
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Wow, those are some good pictures. My favorite one is the 2nd to last with the burned trees and flowers. It looks so eerie there like it's a haunted forest. I'd be afraid to go by myself!
That's so funny that you said that! I was thinking the same thing when I was hiking. All the mist makes it seem kind of eerie. Plus, it was pretty quiet in there. It would be a good place for a haunted forest at Halloween if it wasn't so far out of the way.
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