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I’m grateful to staff members at the Hawaii Nature Center in Makiki Valley on Oahu. They answered a number of questions, and I have taken advantage of the Hawaii Nature Center’s program of scheduled and very enjoyable hikes.

Thanks to Rabbit Kekai, who shared his anecdotes about and insights on Waikiki (ssss1). Waikiki has been transformed almost beyond recognition, but Rabbit remains a beachboy in the best sense: To paraphrase Grady Timmons, not a professional but one who lives “for the ocean and for a lifestyle centered on the beach.”

Thanks to an inspiring group of men and women—“We’re just a bunch of retirees who get together for a couple of hikes on Wednesdays”—whom I happened to meet on the trail, and especially to one of their members, Billie, who identified a number of plants for me.

I am very much indebted to Jerry Schad. His use of icons to help summarize hikes in his outstanding Afoot & Afield series of guides for Southern California (available from Wilderness Press) inspired me to create and use icons in this book and in its predecessors, Kauai Trails, Maui Trails, and Hawaii Trails.