On sunday we went for a fun little drive up to Wailua Falls. It is the easiest water fall to see on the Island, it took only 5-10min to drive to it, and then all you do is park and look over the edge. The story on this one is kinda interesting. In ancient (and occasionally modern) times, men would jump off the top of the falls to prove their manhood. Which was often left on the rocks below. This test was often fatal. On maps it lists the falls as only being 80ft. But there was a man who reciently did a test on the falls to meausure exactly the height. The result was amazing, it measured 173 feet of solid drop. That is actually taller than Niagara Falls (but Niagara has a tad more water flowing from it) The pool of water below is about 33 feet deep. They found this out by scuba diving it to measuse and see what was under the falls. They found 14" long mouth bass swimming, and some giant shrimp(with bodies up to 8" long). Those are some big shrimp if you ask me. They found some rental car keys, bolt cutters, and cane knife, with other odds and ends. Its pretty neat to see, and it is pretty High. The pictures don't quite show exactly, but you can see some people playing in the pool of water below!
On sunday we went for a fun little drive up to Wailua Falls. It is the easiest water fall to see on the Island, it took only 5-10min to drive to it, and then all you do is park and look over the edge. The story on this one is kinda interesting. In ancient (and occasionally modern) times, men would jump off the top of the falls to prove their manhood. Which was often left on the rocks below. This test was often fatal. On maps it lists the falls as only being 80ft. But there was a man who reciently did a test on the falls to meausure exactly the height. The result was amazing, it measured 173 feet of solid drop. That is actually taller than Niagara Falls (but Niagara has a tad more water flowing from it) The pool of water below is about 33 feet deep. They found this out by scuba diving it to measuse and see what was under the falls. They found 14" long mouth bass swimming, and some giant shrimp(with bodies up to 8" long). Those are some big shrimp if you ask me. They found some rental car keys, bolt cutters, and cane knife, with other odds and ends. Its pretty neat to see, and it is pretty High. The pictures don't quite show exactly, but you can see some people playing in the pool of water below!
5 comments:
heidi,
You guys are going to be the best tour guides when we come out to see you! No, we don't have trip planned yet, but you just wait...
Hey sis, i love all the pictures there great.especially the little tiny people at the bottom of the falls...can't wait to see you (couple more months) hope all is well love ya
So do I need to prove my manhood to you?
No dear you have already done that!
hey kids-what a pretty water fall. course i can't think of one ugly water fall! i love all your pictures. it is so fun to see what you have seen so soon after you have seen them. makes me feel like i'm closer to you than i am. thanks for takin the time to write about your day and excursions of the week.
love ya, miss ya too.
mom
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