2/9/99: Ruth, Dad and Mom went shopping, I stayed home to write. I am beginning to feel like we all watch entirely too much T.V. It really numbs you…
2/9/24: *During our 1999 stay with Dad & Mom at the end of our round-the-world trip, we did not take many photos. So, I am posting photos and stories from some of our other trips to Maui over the years.
Further along the Pipiwai Trail there are a couple of foot bridges that cross the stream, and eventually you come to a bamboo forest. The jungle floor gets so wet in this area that they have constructed board-walks to protect the natural fauna on the ground as well as the hikers who could easily get stuck in the boggy soil. In some spots the bamboo grows so thick that light is almost vanquished except for little spots here and there where the sun peeks through when the bamboo stalks rustle in the wind.
NOTE: The photo above is a view upward looking at slivers of sky and light through the dense bamboo forest along the Pipiwai Trail, from a 2022 trip to Maui.
