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Quite the adventure

Today we had quite an adventure! It is our last day in hawaii so we tried to make it a good one. There is a great snorkeling spot right near captain cooks monument (Its where he died if you are wondering). Its such a great spot that the locals want to restrict access to it so that it does not becone overrun with "causual tourists".
Now that ash and i have spent some time on the island, we think this is a good idea. For instance, there is a very popular snorkeling spot on alii drive in kona (referred to as "snorkel beach"). This reef is easily accessable to anyone and it seems like pretty much every tourist and sight seer come to snorkel at this reef. The problem with this is that  its very shallow so everyone steps on the coral, sun screen gets on (and kills) the coral and if a wave comes a long you'll land on the coral and break it etc. Because its so popular the reef is dying and there's not that much beauty left. There's still some, but its nothing compared to our two other favorite snorkeling spots. Needless to say, no one wants any of the snorkeling spots to end up like this one.

In an attempt to keep the massive crowds away from captain cook no maintained roads lead there. So a popular way to get there is by a mile kayak ride and that is how ash and i intended to get there.

We rented a double kayak at "kona boys" and strapped it to the top of our jeep. After arriving at the boat ramp we loaded up our gear and put in the seats to the kayak. A gentleman kindly informed us that we put the seats facong the wrong way and we were about to kayak "backwards" (whoops).

The kayak trip was a hoot. The bay is often used as a place of rest and nursery for a pod of spinner dolphins. I hoped we would see some but we did not. When we arrived at the monument i promptly stepped on a bee which stung my foot. We put on our snorkel gear, trief to avoid stepping on the purple sea urchins, and jumped into the ocean.

I have to say, that ashley was being very courageous during this time. After our first snorkel trip the last thing i thought we would be doing was kayaking our into the ocean to jump in with the fish. Earlier in the trip she was nearly in tears for being within a yard of a puffer fish and now she was dragging me along into schools of them. I thinks shes finally over her fear of fish.

The ocean was warm, the coral beautiful, and the fish fishy. We swam and took pictures and admired God's beautiful creation of the coral reef.

As we kayaked back i announced that we were not leaving until i spotted a dolphin (or we reached the other side). We reached the other side first, so i guess ill just have something to look forward to for the next trip to paradise.

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!

in hawaii

We are in hawaii! Ash has a blackberry so I am able to post to our blog via email. We've been taking tons of pictures and video. I'll post them when I get back to a computer.