Not only cats, but also a lot of chickens were looming around in the campground. One of the differences in Californian campgrounds and Hawaiian ones was the garbage. In CA, all garbage cans are bear proof. No animals can reach the food leftovers that way. However, trash cans are open in Hawaii, because there are no bears. That's why house cats can survive in campgrounds in Hawaii. The roosters started crying before the sunrise, which disturbed my sleep. I had never heard them protesting before the sunrise. Also very early morning, I heard Mr.R talking to Mr.S1. "I heard that a ranger would give us a ticket, because we camped at the wrong place. The actual campground is over there." Mr.R was so scared and he already packed his hammock.
Mr.S1 conveyed this message to Mr.N, but Mr.N said that it shouldn't be a problem.
I got up relatively early because of these sounds, and went to the restroom. There was a local woman who was cursing very loud to her daughter (Is it Hawaiian thing?). It reminded me of the fact that I learned a lot of bad words from Ms.M.
We repacked stuff for backpacking. Mr.S2 had too many bars, and I asked him to carry chestnuts and chocolates.
Now we headed for the starting point of Kalalau trail.
Before going to the trailhead, we stopped by a grocery store Foodland in Princeville. It was a local store and I was able to find authentic poke. I was very excited. I got ahi poke and it was delicious. TASTY. Finally I ate authentic food.
Then we headed for the starting point of Kalalau trail. Surprisingly there were many people at the trailhead, and one person was even selling her homemade banana breads. There were of course a lot of chickens.
After we took pictures as “before hike: clean version”, we started hiking. From the beginning, the trail was very muddy and rocky. Surprisingly there were many hikers. The first ocean view around at 0.5 mile point was amazing. The ocean was emerald green and blue. Somehow I love emerald green since I was little, and it always attracts me. It makes me feel excited and refreshed. 
After a mile of walking, we saw a man laying on the trail with an emergency blanket. I tried to look at him closer and walked a little faster, then I fell. Luckily I didn't get hurt.
The man on the ground was conscious, but he broke his elbow. He was shaking systemically. Mr.N had a device called DeLorme inReach; two-way satellite communicator. So we were able to contact the nearest ranger station to get help, although Mr.N was confused how to used it. Luckily we had DeLorme inReach expert Ms.R who posts stuff from Delorme on Facebook. We were a little relieved to hear that a man from the fire station was on the way. To stay with him at least the ranger would come was the right thing, so we hang around him. Mr.S2 offered him chocolate and snack. Mr.S1 (a vegan) found out that the injured man a vegan as well and talked about vegan restaurants.
The reason why Mr.N had the device was that he was rescued in the wilderness last summer. At that time Mr.N didn't have the device but random hikers Mr.A and Mr.R offered us to use their satellite device SPOT, and they stayed with us until a rescue came for 4 hours. I remember that I felt extremely grateful for them to stay with us. Now Mr.N used a device for a random hiker who needed help and we stayed with him. It was great, it reminded me of a movie "Pay it Forward".
After 2 hours, the fire department person came and fixed his arm. He was able to walk after resting. We made sure that he was walking OK and we continued our way.
Because of the temperature and humidity, the flora was very different from California. The forest was like tropical and moist. I really liked it. It was much more similar to Japan than California.
After 5 miles of hiking, we reached our campsite in the forest. I had a headache, so I went to bed very early.
ハワイのキャンプ場は猫だけでなく鳥も沢山いる（一番上の写真）。
まず最初に気づいたカリフォルニアとハワイのキャンプ場の違いはゴミ箱。カリフォルニアでは熊防止用のベアプルーフのゴミ箱だか、ハワイではただ単に普通のポリバケツ風のもの。カリフォルニアでは熊がキャンプ場のゴミ箱を漁り食べ物を取るのが大問題なため、熊が開けれない仕掛けになっている金属製のゴミ箱だが、ハワイに熊はいないためお構いなし。鳥がゴミ箱を漁り放題だ。ニワトリたちは夜明け前から”コケコッコー”と鳴いていてわりと朝早く起きてしまった。ハワイのローカルな人たちが何やらエフワードを使いながら娘を叱っている。んー。これがハワイ流なのか？よくわからない。
とりあえずテントを撤収してカララウトレイルのバックパッキングのためにパッキングし直し。MrS２はバーを持って来すぎていた。
トレイルに行く前に我々はフードランド（ハワイのスーパーでチェーン店）に寄って私はポキを買った。ハワイのスーパーでは惣菜コーナーに必ず５種類以上のポキがあるのだ！ポキ：ハワイ料理、刺身がマリネードされたもの
私はアヒポキを食べた。あー。やっとハワイアンフードを食べることができた。そしてトレイルヘッドへ。ここで集合写真を撮った（集合といっても６人だけど）。バックパッキング前の”綺麗”バージョンの写真だ。５日後には泥んこの”汚い”バージョンの集合写真を取る予定。
わずか１マイルのハイクでいきなり青、透き通る青とエメラルドグリーンの海が目にとび混んで来た。素晴らしく綺麗でしばし見惚れていた。（２つ目の写真）
ここのポイントの後また少し歩いて行くと、男性が一人、非常緊急用の毛布に包まれて地面に横わたっている。えー！何事？！と思い我々は近づいていった。男性は意識はあるものの肘を骨折（？）か、とにかく痛めていた。男性は小刻みに震えている。
MrNがDeLorme inReachを持っていたので、レンジャーに連絡することができた。DeLorme inReachはサテライト機能を持つ連絡ツールで、その場所から一番近いレンジャーステーションに連絡することができるデバイスだ。これにより、レンジャーがこちらへ向かっていることがわかりホッとした。肘の骨折があるものの男性は喋ることはでき、MrS１と同じくビーガンであることが判明しMrS１とビーガンレストラン話で盛り上がっていた。ふむ。大丈夫そうだ。
２時間ごファイアーステーションんの救助隊が到着。腕を固定して男性を抱えながら トレイルヘッドへ向かっていた。それを見送り我々は１日目のキャンプ地を目指し歩き始めた。
温度と湿度が高いため、植物相がカリフォルニアとは全く違う。むしろ日本に断然近い。違った場所でバックパッキングすると色々な発見があり本当に楽しい。
とはいえ私は少し頭痛が夕方あったのでキャンプ地に着くとテントを張り夕飯をささっと食べすぐに就寝した。
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