Hitchhiking, Dodgeball and Black Sand

This weekend was another busy one. I drove shuttle friday night and saturday morning and when I got back from driving shuttle I wanted to go to the beach, but everyone who wanted to go was already gone, so I decided to hitchhike since everyone says it's safe...well apparently nobody wants to pick up a long-haired hippie because I walked about 4 miles before someone picked me up, but Clay was a nice guy from New Mexico and he drove me all the way to the beach i wanted to go to(mile 88) and when we were there, I saw a whale breach(jump out of the water) for the second time ever! I was excited!

Saturday night I was asked to be the ref for the dodgeball tournament, and although dodgeball is fun, I can not see how anyone could be an effective judge. balls going everywhere, people yelling at each other, man, I was a terrible ref.

Sunday morning I rented a van and a dozen of us hiked down to waipio valley(almost a 45degree angle on the road) on the north side of the island across a black sand beach through a small village in attempt to find a hidden waterfall, but our fearless leader got lost, so we ended up asking directions from a 7 year old girl who was out by one of the houses with a couple dogs...she knew exactly where we wanted to go. The waterfalls were not very big, but there was a series of waterfalls and pools that we hiked around and jumped in, and it was delightful! Some people thought we should have stayed at the big falls by the beach, but it was so nice to be outside hiking around. I hiked almost the whole way there barefoot. The black sand was amazingly soft. It was nice because the rain came on the way back and it cooled us down...and a few people found umbrellas. All in all it was fun to be outside.