, it sounds like an interesting read. Maybe someday I'll write a book similar to it and call it Solemates: Lessons On Life, Love, and Marriage From the Trails of Hawaii.Well, today is my wife and I's 6th wedding anniversary (the picture to the left is us above Poomau Canyon [Kokee] on Kauai). As I reflect on the years I've been married, I can say that they've been good years on the whole. Yes, there've been lots of trials and challenges along the way but I can say that I love my wife and I love being married to her. While it is true that I am hiking a lot less than I was in my pre-married days, I have no regrets.
Hiking, as it turns out, has played an interesting part in my life. I met Jacque in 1993. Up to that point, I had hiked very little, perhaps less than ten times in the 30+ years of my life. Interestingly, Jacque suggested a hike with a local hiking club (HTMC) as a date during my early courtship of her. I liked the idea and we decided on a Saturday hike with club on the Hauula-Papali trails. If you discount the suffering I endured on the climbs on these supposedly novice trails and also the fact that I led us astray at one point on the hike, we had a good experience that day
Such a good time did we have that we had other hiking "dates," one of them being a backpacking trip up Mauna Loa, which I blogged about recently.
Right now, my wife and I are engaged in an urban hiking expedition, with the goal of hiking around Oahu (via roads) in stages for a total of 120+ miles. We have completed the section from Kaneohe to Haleiwa, from Pearl City to Kaneohe, and from Hawaii Kai to Nuuanu. What remains is the West side (Waianae Coast) and Mokuleia to Pearl City. We hope to complete all that by the end of summer 2010.
I also look forward to another year of happily married life with the woman of my dreams.
