Diamond Head

Another beautiful warm day in paradise.  After eating breakfast, we got things ready and headed to the bus stop.  After waiting for some time, we took Bus 23 to near the entrance to Diamond Head State Park.  

We walked through a tunnel to the entrance to the park.  We met some people on the way in from Wilmington North Carolina.  It really is a small world.

We started our long ascent to the top of Diamond Head, which is an extinct volcano.  

The trail is steep and unlevel with a tunnel and several stairways.  The steepest stairway had 99 steps.

We made it to the top!!!!  The views were breathtakingly beautiful and well worth the effort.  After taking in all the views and taking numerous pictures we started the descent back to the entrance to the park.  Coming down was maybe a little worse than going up.  

After reaching the bottom, we rested a little while.  Since we were getting hungry and needed refueling, we ordered a hot dog, hamburger and Gatorade from a food truck parked near the trailhead. We enjoyed the food very much.  We finished the walk out of the park to the bus stop which was approximately 1/4 mile.  After what seemed like a long time, we boarded Bus 23 for the ride back to our hotel.

Speaking of busses, we learned that they are not necessarily on our schedule; we waited at least a half hour each way for bus 23. While we were waiting, we saw many of the same busses pass our location.

We rested a while, took a shower, and walked back to Moose McGillycuddy for dinner. Two burgers and fries were good. Water tonight, and no alcohol.

Then back to the room and rest.