Hiji Falls

Hiji Falls
Hiji Falls is located just a few miles from Okuma where we have camped several times. We hiked this for the first time in October 2004. It wasn’t too bad of a hike, just hot, muggy, and as always, BUGGY!!! We were with a big group of friends. The YW were having a camping/hiking expedition and somehow Ed had been roped into helping with setting up tents, fires for cooking, and going on the hike the following day…..so, we all went to Okuma as a family. Ty was 4 and Ryan was 3 and they actually hiked the whole thing by themselves! I was impressed but not surprised. When we got to the water fall most of the group got in the water and had some fun. There was a nice big slippery rock that Ty and Ry had fun sliding down into the water. It felt great to relax in the shade and cool down before we hiked back. A few years later, AFN, Armed Forces Networking, starting showing TV commercials about not getting into the water at Hiji Falls and all the yucky parasites and such that would attack your bodies. UUHHG! I guess we were pretty lucky or there just wasn’t a problem with contamination back in 2004…..