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| First morning - right after we arrived |
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| View from our lanai |
We were lucky enough to take an eleven day trip to Kona Hawaii. Kona is one of my favorite places to travel to because it is easy and relaxing.
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| Keahaha Kai |
Wake up
Watch some olympics and eat breakfast
Laze around
Pack the coolers
Head to the beach
Stay there til dinner time
Head home and make dinner or go out to dinner
Play nibs
Watch olympics
Go to bed
Repeat
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| At the snorkeling spot - Puako |
We did do one road trip to the volcano that I will cover in another blog post.
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| Selfie at Puako |
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| Coming out of the water at Puako |
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| Boogie boarding at Hapuna |
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| Happiness on the beach |
Unfortunately, Amanda stepped on banded longspined urchin (commonly called Vana by Hawaiians) at Hapuna. Luckily Drew saved her by pulling out the spines....while almost drowning her with his zest for helping. We talked to the lifeguards who said she would get better by herself so we ignored it! And it got better!
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| See the banded longspined urchin, above the crawfish looking thing |
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| Sunset from the cabin |
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| In front of Original Thai - yum! |
It was such a great trip that when we talked about it, we had a hard time pinpointing our favorite event. But we narrowed down on the top 5:
1. Hiking to see the lava flow at the volcano
2. Swimming with the manta rays (which Grace insisted on calling manatees!)
3. Eating the yummiest Thai food we ever had
4. Playing nibs
5. Hanging on the beach for hours and hours each day
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| At Two Step |
We also did quite a bit of snorkeling, including at Two Step and a new spot call Puako.
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| At Two Step |
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| Waiting for our boat to the manta rays |
Swimming with the manta rays was AMAZING. I had not really thought about what it might be like so I had no preconceived notions. But Jim's cousin Susan told us they loved it and they have never steered us wrong -- so we blindly went! We had manta rays that are up to 1600 pounds swimming within a foot of us. It was crazy cool!
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| From the condo - this is where I drank tea each morning |
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| Road trip! |
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| Sushi lunch - note the boogie board table |
We had some great picnics on the beach - sushi, bagel sandwiches and cheese and crackers! Plus we had one pineapple each day we were there!
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| Shaved ice |
Grace left two days early so she could go to her first day of school. So she took a red eye on Sunday nite, got picked up at the airport on Monday at 9:19 am and went straight to her first day as a Junior. Her choice of the day for her last day was to get shaved ice. So we stopped after the beach, got them and sat on the sea wall in Kona and ate them up! YUM!
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