An Outing to Kokee

Over the retreat a few monks and several church members and pilgrims went for a hike up in the mountains. To get there one must drive to the other side of the island, then take a long and windy road up the mountain. The group first stopped to see Waimea Canyon and then headed for the trail. They decided to hike one of our favorites, the Berry Flat trail. As its name suggests, it is covered in a variety of edibles such as blackberries, guavas and wild passion fruit, the trail is also a restively relaxed venture. One of the monks loves to take pictures of the many varieties of mushrooms on our diverse little island, and as as you'll see he found some rare ones.

The group stops at the second lookout, were you can see all the way down along the canyon to the ocean

It\

s a beautiful change of environment and everyone loved the fresh mountain air.'

The canyon is quite a sight

Made it to the trailhead

everyone gets ready to hike

one of the first mushrooms is found

these ones are bigger then your hand

the forrest floor is covered is some many different things

This is one of those orange ones before it has opened

It\

s a puffball mushroom'

alien or fungi?

Wait... that\

s a mushroom?'

who designs these things?

This one was found under an overhanging log

It\

s a unique place. A redwood forrest that doesn\'t go through seasons'

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