Rainy Day Activity

So it was a rainy day here in The Manoa Valley today. I got in my bike ride to and from Church with only ominous clouds lingering in the hills. Once I got back and got some lunch a misty rain began to fall over the university. I had planned on riding down to finds some pick up soccer down near the beach, but with the wet conditions and no brakes I wasn’t too eager to get on my bike and face the busy streets of Manoa. There is a creek that runs behind the building I am staying and I figured a fun rainy day activity would be to follow the creek up a ways. I took off with the rain misting down and walked/climbed along and in the stream. If you didn’t look too far up to the sides of the small valley the creek was in, and disregarded the trash and debris scattered along the creek, you could trick yourself into thinking that you were hiking along some jungle stream, but those things were hard to block out. After my creek escapade the weather cleared up and I decided to go find a place where I could kick the soccer ball around. It was getting kind of late so an open piece of grass across from campus had to suffice. Tomorrow I am going to my first UH class, which should be interesting and also doing some more field work in the afternoon.