And Baby Makes Three...: Where the heck are the dolphins?

Early this morning we set out on a journey to find dolphins in Kealakekua Bay When we arrived we were greeted by the locals who smelled our tourist dollars when we stepped out of our car. 15 minutes later and $100 bucks poorer we had ourselves two kayaks for 6 people. This means that Mark and I were going to swim to the Captain Cook Monument where the best snorkeling was and the other four were going to have a nice easy paddle out to the point. At the time the swim sounded like a great idea. Maybe we will see a dolphin halfway there and they can pull us the rest of the way; like in the old Flipper shows...but to our disappointment, we did not see any dolphins. I guess they did not get the memo. What we did see were numerous schools of Yellow Tangs, Starfish and many other awesome underwater critters. I also had the fulfillment of swimming from Napo‘opo'o Beach to the Captain Cook Monument. (If you click on the link above for the Bay you can see how far it was, almost a mile to be exact!) The swim gave me an even greater respect for the men and women who come here every year to do the Iron Man Triathlon where they swim 2. 4 miles... then bike 112 miles and top it all off with a marathon. Crazy. Maybe one day. Thanks to Holly and her dad for letting me hitch a ride on the way back. It was fun to hold on and wonder what was swimming around the 100 feet of water below you.

When we got back from the bay we decided to take a little nap since we got up so early. Holly slept for a good 4 hours and myself only a couple. The other two hours I got lost on the property; taking pictures of all the amazing wildlife and flowers. Right when I got back we received a tropical downpour that lasted only a few minutes but was amazing to watch how much water came down so quickly.

A Hawaiin downpour

Tonight we had an amazing dinner over at Jay and Caron's place where they grilled some chicken with coconut rice and raw tuna sashimi style. With Japan and Hawaii under my belt, I do love me some raw fish. We watched a lot of Jay's time lapse movies which are really cool and he gave us a copy to watch anytime we want.