Jeffrey's to Hidden Beach

Recently Scout informs us that he has cleared the road from the Camacho farm to the Hidden Beach after the typhoon. We decide to make that our Sunday hike, starting from Jeffrey's Beach. On Sunday, seven of us meet at the entrance to Jeffrey's Beach. We park on the road side. Although we have intended to walk down to the beach, the path is too muddy from the night's heavy rainfall, we gives up that idea. Instead, we start uphill towards King Fisher.

Typhoon Soudelor and Champi manage to clear off much greeneries covering the cliffside, so we are now able to see previously hidden caves. There seem to be many. This is a man-made cave on street level. It's about 15 ft deep, with nothing much left to explore.

Stopping to see more cave openings higher up on the cliff. RedEye also thinks there may be some caves that have been covered up, leaving some sort of outline on the cliff face. Chops, RedEye, Cutie, Thor, Ewok, and Marcia focusing their gaze on the spot.

A surprised discovery of this cave on the west side of the road, way above the Talofofo river gully. Everyone wants to explore that one day soon.

We continue our climb up the road, RedEye is still looking at the interesting cave.

Reaching the Camacho farm. Part of their roof is quite damaged, but the goat population has grown. Here daddy goat is giving us the eye.

Windward Road is very much cleared of debris, although we do have to conquer a few large puddles. Here is a poor little frog that rests in one of the puddles.

Reaching the end of the road, the view has opened up even more than before. A clear shot of the cove and the "crocodile" profile.

Ewok taking photo of Thor, Marcia and CC.

Chops, RedEye, and Cutie joining us, after negotiating the very narrow path leading to the stairway to the beach.

Redeye stops to fix his shoes before descending down the concrete stairway.

A surprise view greets us. The previously small sandy beach has changed its contour again after the typhoons. A new pond is sitting where the beach used to be, and the sand has been pushed over the rocks all the way inland.

large rocks and boulders are now exposed 

A new landscape.

Marcia, Ewok, and Chops exploring the beach beyond the pond. 

View of the "rock garden". Everyone wanders around and explore the expanded sandy beach. One positive result of having the storm is the clearing of trash and debris.

Marcia, Thor, Cutie, Ewok, and Chops in search of a shady and clean spot for our snack time stop. The sun-lit multi facetted cliff face lends a dramatic backdrop for our enjoyment.

All kinds of goodies spread out on the tablecloth. Soon enough they will disappear into our satisfied tummies. 

Happy hikers ready to resume our trip back. Chops, Ewok, Thor, Marcia, CC, Cutie, and RedEye, make good time back to Jeffrey's Beach entrance. No takers to try to make it to the beach. 

This roughly 2.5 hour, just over three miles hike is another easy and leisurely walk. Everyone is pretty relaxed and stay clean...