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Day 341: 19 November, the Queen’s Bath

I had wanted to go see the Queen’s Bath since I heard about it last year.  It is ill marked and bad trail.  Maybe they do that to keep those that go see it the ones that really want to.

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(Nikon P7100)

It is a pretty trail, by and large, but I didn’t get any photos of the steep parts.  I was too busy hanging on!

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Some of the scenery on the way down.

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A nice little waterfall part way down.  We had to scramble down the hill on the right.  I am glad the rain stopped a couple of days ago.  It might not have been possible to come down here without ropes.

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Rocks near the bottom.  Not a trail for sandals, we found!

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Once down near the ocean, it is a quarter mile plus on the lava rocks.  Not too bad if you are careful.

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Over the edge are: Sea Turtles!  More on them in our next post…

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Back to the hike!

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These are low waves.  Last week they were much, much bigger…

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At last, the Queen’s Bath!  This is deceptive: there is a twenty foot high drop between here and there, seen here right at the “bottom” of the pool…

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Neither one of us felt like being a mountain goat today, and the tide was starting to come in.  That little stream is the outflow.

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The Bath stretches to the left here, and there is a “U” shaped channel that runs back to the sea that will funnel all of the ocean into this tiny spot.

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One of the falls on the way back.

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Taking a look at the warning…

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29 people are known to have been swept away from the Queen’s Bath (or 30 if they don’t know how to do tally marks…)

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The easy part of the trail back up.

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Some of the pretty flowers…

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And the best thing about these flowers is they mean you are about ten feet below the top, and there are a few concrete steps!

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This hike makes even golf look inviting!

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~Curtis on Kaua’i! {!-{>

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