Richard and I finally went on the gentler trail that we'd intended two days ago, and I finally got my calves properly stretched out without overworking them.
The Moalepe Trail starts as a fire road/ranch road, although the ranchland to either side seems to be mostly abandoned. Certainly it's very lush and rugged, so rounding up the animals can't be easy.
The views are limited until you get to the picnic area. From there you can see the main Kauai mountain range, depending on the cloud level.
The clouds were playing hide and seek. Different cloud layers made it look like the clouds were tearing apart.
Since we'd seen so many different flowers on the way in, I figured I'd photograph as many as I could on the way back. Unfortunately, my macro photography skills are not that great, especially when it comes to getting the right focus.
This trail had a few more people on it than the others we'd been on, but they were still pretty sparse.
