Hawai’i 2007: Day Three

August 21st, 2007

Early morning as we left on a snorkel cruise at 8:00am HST. After eating bagels, bananas and coffee in our room, we left for the boat ramp which is about a 1/2 mile from our hotel, sweet. We checked for the boat trip and found out that only 4 other people would be joining us for a total of 8 people. Excellent!

We headed off for Captain Cook’s Monument and within the first 10 minutes Autumn starting feeling sea sick. Then Mommy got a little queasy after taking Aiden into the galley to go potty. I personally usually always get queasy so I was trying to focus on the horizon. After about 45 minutes we arrived at Kealakekua Bay for our first snorkel. While the bay was beautiful I’d have to say that the snorkeling was just average. We didn’t spot anything we hadn’t seen before and no turtles, dolphins or even sharks in sight.

After spending about an hour at the site we moved on back to Keauhou Bay or so we thought. After about 30 minutes we stopped at another snorkel site. I can’t recall the name of the bay but this place had some excellent visibility and a nice selection of fish. The water was deep, about 40 feet so it was hard to get good pictures. However, Autumn and I did spot a small turtle gliding across the bottom of the ocean floor. We also saw some nice coral on the larger rock reefs.

After the boat trip we headed back out to the pool for more Manta Ray slide fun. Krista can sure scream down the water slide going faster than anyone we’ve seen so far. We were finally able to get the kids out of the pool for dinner where we ate in downtown Kona at the Outback. The kids had some ice cream cones after dinner and we did some light shopping.

Everyone is sunburnt and tired. Tomorrow will be an off day for the kids while the adults will attempt to snorkel in a more exclusive and private location. Autumn and I will also be attempting the night time manta ray snorkel right outside our hotel.

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