On Tuesday, we g
ot on a boat out to a secluded bay where the captain was searching for spinner dolphins. We found them!! All of us suited up and into the water to search for them. They are wild and while they were in resting mode for the daytime, their playing and jumping (aka, spinning) were amazing. If there were too many people in the water they'd move away until some people gave up and got out. We got to see babies with their mommy's and young ones practicing their spinning techniques. They don't come very close at all but I still managed to get some pictures.
ot on a boat out to a secluded bay where the captain was searching for spinner dolphins. We found them!! All of us suited up and into the water to search for them. They are wild and while they were in resting mode for the daytime, their playing and jumping (aka, spinning) were amazing. If there were too many people in the water they'd move away until some people gave up and got out. We got to see babies with their mommy's and young ones practicing their spinning techniques. They don't come very close at all but I still managed to get some pictures.
Wednesday was a slow day. Shopping in the morning and then the pool in the afternoon. I like shopping days...sometimes! My shopping was frustrating with both kids! Found some great stuff and I was able to talk them out of a lot of other stuff that was 'Hawaii expensive'. This picture is taken in front of a huge banyan tree on Ali'i Drive.
Thursday we ventured to the other side of the island to Hilo and area and saw stuff! We stopped at Akaka Falls (falls 420feet!!) and then had an amazing lunch at Hilo Bay Cafe.
Side note...the book 'Hawaii Revealed' is THE book to get. Not one of the reviews has let us down, if they said it would suck it did (we only did one of those just to check the ratings!!). Hilo Bay Cafe is in a mall and looks like a subway type from the outside. Once you step in it's an amazing restaurant with crazy delish food...and totally cheap!!!
Okay back to the adventures...
We then met our tour at Hilo Hotel and jumped in a squished van with 8 other people. We were driven 45 minutes to our drop off point that was a nice downhill. We had been told that it was a downhill ride (yeah....except for all the uphill!!!!). When we stopped for our first rest (about 4 miles in) we were informed that Kilauea was on a 'pause'. WHAT??? For 30 years this volcano has been flowing and we decided to go and have a look and it 'paused'! Fred, our guide
, tried to make it sound better by saying that we were witnessing history with the first pause in 30 years...yeah whatever Fred....stupid!! We ended up biking for 24 kilometers and didn't even get to see any lava...rip off! Nice sights though and incredible exercise (especially on the uphill parts!). Our drive back to home took us 2 hours and it was 11:15, which made it a looooong day after leaving the condo at 8am!
Friday was a home day as were were all exhausted from Thursday.
Saturday, Dwayne and I took off for our first dive of this trip (our last too!). We went with Jack's Dive Locker and they were great! Saw lots of neat stuff and loads of eels. Good fun!
Sunday (today) we have found out that Kilauea is flowing again so we are going to venture back to the other side of the island for our viewing of lava. It'll be a long day today too but well worth it!
We have just gotten back to the condo and spent an amazing evening at the ocean side watching crazy explosions!!
Tomorrow, sadly, we are on a plane at 9:16pm and into Seattle at 5:52am....ick!! I just checked us in and we're ready to go. We fly from Seattle to Vancouver at 7:30am so we'll have just enough time for some breakfast. We're back for only 24 hours and then off to Kelowna for Char's wedding. Dwayne says it's the all '...ona' vacation (you know, Kona and Kelowna....I know, I know!)
Thursday we ventured to the other side of the island to Hilo and area and saw stuff! We stopped at Akaka Falls (falls 420feet!!) and then had an amazing lunch at Hilo Bay Cafe.
Side note...the book 'Hawaii Revealed' is THE book to get. Not one of the reviews has let us down, if they said it would suck it did (we only did one of those just to check the ratings!!). Hilo Bay Cafe is in a mall and looks like a subway type from the outside. Once you step in it's an amazing restaurant with crazy delish food...and totally cheap!!!
Okay back to the adventures...
We then met our tour at Hilo Hotel and jumped in a squished van with 8 other people. We were driven 45 minutes to our drop off point that was a nice downhill. We had been told that it was a downhill ride (yeah....except for all the uphill!!!!). When we stopped for our first rest (about 4 miles in) we were informed that Kilauea was on a 'pause'. WHAT??? For 30 years this volcano has been flowing and we decided to go and have a look and it 'paused'! Fred, our guide
, tried to make it sound better by saying that we were witnessing history with the first pause in 30 years...yeah whatever Fred....stupid!! We ended up biking for 24 kilometers and didn't even get to see any lava...rip off! Nice sights though and incredible exercise (especially on the uphill parts!). Our drive back to home took us 2 hours and it was 11:15, which made it a looooong day after leaving the condo at 8am!Friday was a home day as were were all exhausted from Thursday.
Saturday, Dwayne and I took off for our first dive of this trip (our last too!). We went with Jack's Dive Locker and they were great! Saw lots of neat stuff and loads of eels. Good fun!
Sunday (today) we have found out that Kilauea is flowing again so we are going to venture back to the other side of the island for our viewing of lava. It'll be a long day today too but well worth it!
We have just gotten back to the condo and spent an amazing evening at the ocean side watching crazy explosions!!
Tomorrow, sadly, we are on a plane at 9:16pm and into Seattle at 5:52am....ick!! I just checked us in and we're ready to go. We fly from Seattle to Vancouver at 7:30am so we'll have just enough time for some breakfast. We're back for only 24 hours and then off to Kelowna for Char's wedding. Dwayne says it's the all '...ona' vacation (you know, Kona and Kelowna....I know, I know!)
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A 'pause'....that is so NOT allowed! I'm glad you were able to go back and see lava the next day!!!!!!!!! Sounds like an awesome trip, can't wait to see the pics and hear the stories!!!
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