Gill, Douglas E. 1964 Kauai directions. We had gone too far on the road. On the crest of the hill above where we had parked is a sign indicating some forest reserve (Noa Poli-Kona?) and hunting seasons. We went to take the road to the left. We cautiously drove down the Mohihi road since it was pretty slick from last night's rain. We were only doing this because it was so crystal clear that we were sure the road would dry up in a few hours. We couldn't get up the grade beyond the first little bridge so we parked there and hiked up to the sign which was only about 1/2 mile. We followed the road to the left which followed the powerline on the crest of the ridge. After about 1/2 mile the road ended and we took the trail continuation. The trail was mostly a wet muddy puddled mess and we finally gave up trying to keep dry. We came out to a flat area which was open around us. We continued on the trail which stopped down, across a stream (across which I waded) and up the other side. The trail continued to be mostly mud holes. It climbed up a ridge through some neat forests. Larry tried to collect another Elepaio but failed. The trail finally came up to a broad topped ridge which was really a real soggy grassland with low thick wet bushes. This one common low growing shrub had ohia like blossoms, but had a very rounded leaf. The trail became quite obscure but was really just a series of potholes and mudholes through this soggy plain. This must be Alakai swamp but was on top of a ridge rather than a lowland swamp. The potholes were often obscure with some short tundris like grass and I felt up to my hips in one such trap. The entire place was very tundris like, especially when it became very misty. There were frequent slashes through the thick brush, the entire trail under water or wet mud,