snorkeling

Ash and I are currently in hawaii! Yesterday we went "snorkeling". And by "snorkeling" I mean that we got in the water, saw one large, brave fish and promptly switched to evacuation mode and rushed out of the water. I knew that Ash didnt like fish, but i never knew how genuinely scared she was of them.
We didnt really have a great time. The ocean was a bit rough, Ash gashed her ankle on a rock, and the fish were really close (this is something i enjoyed but ashley did not). So after a couple minutes we were back on shore brushing off sand.

Thankfully Ash is resilliant and determind so she was willing to try again today. This time we brought a boogie board to act as a shield between ashley and the fish.

We jumped in at this great place called honaunau bay, ashley on her floating shield and me holding her hand. Now I have to admit, I havent been swimming deep in the ocean for a few years so I was glad that we had the boogie board as a place to rest when we got tired.

The reef was amazing! We saw tons of fish and even a gang of giant sea turtles. ash was very brave and did not freak out at all. Eventually she got off the boogie board and swam alongside. By the end she was dragging me out to sea even further than I wanted.

We have a bunch of pictures and videos ill post later on. Were planning on going to captian cooks monument later this week.

Well, writing blog posts on the blackberry is quite a challenge. Ill post more updates later in the week!