Slat Rat's Nov 06 Geocoin: #3

The [B][Green]C[Brown]a[Green]c[Brown]h[Green]i[Brown]n[Green]g[Brown] I[Green]n[Brown] T[Green]h[Brown]e[Green] L[Brown]e[Green]a[Brown]v[Green]e[Brown]s[Black][/B] Geocoin hiked further up the hills on the windward (NE) side of the island of Oahu above Kaneohe bay. Had to do some trailblazing to find the cache but the views of Kaneohe Bay and the Koolau Ridge mountains were spectacular as I hiked through the lush jungle. The Koolau Ridge mountains are what's left of one of the two extinct shield volcanoes that makes up most of the mountains on the island of Oahu. To learn more check out this link http://backyardoahu.com/index.html?geog.shtml
[b][blue]Aloha, Kailua Al[/blue][/b]

The [B][Green]C[Brown]a[Green]c[Brown]h[Green]i[Brown]n[Green]g[Brown] I[Green]n[Brown] T[Green]h[Brown]e[Green] L[Brown]e[Green]a[Brown]v[Green]e[Brown]s[Black][/B] Geocoin was back caching in the leaves on Oahu, happy to be warm while outdoors. Another beautiful day in the islands, sunny and warm with a nice tradewind breeze keeping the humidity down. This was a new trail system for me and I really enjoyed the views. I was sad to see that there was a lot of feral pig activity along the trail. Feral pigs are dangerous to encounter on the trail and they are really bad for the rainforest. “To the Hawaiian rainforest, the pig is death: consuming ground-cover plants, churning the rich ground into foul muck, the forest dies from the bottom upward and the rains wash the soil away to smother coral reefs with silt.” From Hawai‘i: The Islands of Life, by Gavan Daws.
[b][blue]Aloha, Kailua Al[/blue][/b]

The [B][Green]C[Brown]a[Green]c[Brown]h[Green]i[Brown]n[Green]g[Brown] I[Green]n[Brown] T[Green]h[Brown]e[Green] L[Brown]e[Green]a[Brown]v[Green]e[Brown]s[Black][/B] Geocoin visited Las Vegas Nevada. There are very few leaves here but at night the colors abound. Viva Las Vegas 😎
[b][blue]Aloha, Kailua Al[/blue][/b]

The [B][Green]C[Brown]a[Green]c[Brown]h[Green]i[Brown]n[Green]g[Brown] I[Green]n[Brown] T[Green]h[Brown]e[Green] L[Brown]e[Green]a[Brown]v[Green]e[Brown]s[Black][/B] Geocoin has come almost back to where I first found it. Just a little further down the Aiea Loop Trail. Today it stopped by - Geocache (GC23) A cache by Tim Billings Hidden: 7/21/2000. This is the oldest cache in the state, the 23rd cache ever placed in the world (there are now over half a million) and It appears to be the 8th oldest still active cache in the world. This is my 300th Cache Find.
[Blue][B]Aloha, Kailua Al[/B][/Blue]

Hiking along Kaena Point, the Northwest point of the Island of Oahu stopped by a beautiful area with endangered Hawaiian Monk Seals, Albatross nesting area and Humpback Whales breaching offshore. A way cool place to be 😎