The last shooting day of the workshop was described by Aaron as going to be an “easy” day. In fact we did three shoots and ended up walking farther than any of the other days. But we saw some nice sights and had some good shooting locations.
We arrived at the first location in Poipu on the southern tip of the island before sunrise. I think it was the first time on this trip we actually began hiking going uphill. We went up a short rise to a cliff overlooking the ocean with a nice view of the sunrise. I believe this was Shipwreck’s Beach in Poipu. Apparently this is a popular spot to watch the sunrise as there were quite a few people going up there. There were some nice secluded nooks to shoot in, however, we periodically got some looky-loos peeking in on our models. We got some nice shots overlooking the ocean and some nice rocky environmental shots. This beach is at one end of the Maha’ulepu Heritage Trail which goes a few miles along the beach. 
Rather than walking it, we drove to our second stop, which was near the Makauwahi Cave and Gillin (Mahaulepu) Beach. We basically hiked around a bit, saw a tortoise reserve, and got to the beach. We did a little shooting there, but the sun was getting high and there were a lot of people around. One the way back we went through the ancient cave which was kind of interesting.
After our morning’s activities we went and visited Aaron’s gallery in Poipu. It was quite nice and we got to see some of his art prints that he sells. Afterwards we had a nice relaxing lunch at a restaurant in the little shopping center where the gallery is located.
In the afternoon, we went to our final location in Kawaihau not too far from where I started my adventure in Kapaʻa, hiking along the Kapaʻa stream, taking us to Hoʻopiʻi Falls. The beginning of the trail abuts private land, and there are markings that we were going along sacred lands. The trail was fairly level for the most part, but made challenging again due to the ruts from rains and collapsed trees across the trail. We did one shoot in the river down there, and ended up finally shooting in the falls. It was dark by the time we headed back. I thought I had escaped the mosquitoes on this trip, but at the last location, after working in the river which probably washed off my repellent, I got eaten alive with a dozen bites.
After the shoot, and after a long day, we made our way back up to our Princeville house where we had to get packed and prepared for our travel day back home. We cleaned up the house, then started dropping off folks who were traveling back. I was sad to leave the group as you build up quite a comraderie with folks living and trekking together for a week. At the time it seemed pretty physically intense, but I’m glad I did it and got to see things I’m sure I never would have any other way.
(17,600 steps, 53 floors, 7.9 miles)