Monday we wake up at 6 a.m. work out, and try to find a place that is open at 7 a.m. for breakfast. We found one and it was good but the place didn't smell that great. We head to Walmart and I buy my underwater camera so that I can take pictures of the fish, and all the undersea creatures that we will see while snorkeling. We rent our snorkel gear and our kayak, and head over to Kealakekua. It's rated the 4th best place to snorkel in Hawaii so I was pretty pumped about that. When we get to the place to launch our kayak there are some locals that help you launch and get you all in the water for a small fee, we figure why not, it's a lot easier that way. The boy, seriously he looked like a teenager, got our kayak down and was helping Brandon get in when Brandon snaps the kayak paddle and he tips the boat and falls in the water. Brandon gets in and then I get in. We only have one paddle but the boy rents another paddle for us. After Silene and Tobey get in we start to paddle across the bay. I'm a little worried because I'm thinking what if a shark comes and eats me or a dolphin comes and tips our boat, the dolphins like to hang out in the area we are kayaking in. We arrived to our destination and get all geared up. It was a little scary for me getting in because it's shallow and you have rocks, coral and fishes all over the place. I had fun snorkeling that day but my stupid mask kept getting the water in and it burned my eyes. I had to keep adjusting my mask and so Silene helped me and we were standing in the water and this guy comes over, he was with a group on a boat, and tells us that me and Silene hate the environment because we are standing on the coral and just killed thousands of babies. He goes on and tells us that it takes so many years for the coral to grow so big. We felt bad but we thought if you touched the coral with your hands and feet not your flippers. So that was our joke the rest of the day. Brandon got yelled at too for standing on the coral. We take a break from snorkeling and go exploring. We found some blow holes, pretty cool, and Tobey and Brandon knocked a coconut out of a tree and broke, and husked the thing. It was pretty yummy. We each took a drink of the milk and ate the meat inside. The were so proud they broke that thing with using just the rocks. We went back and noticed it wasn't as crowded and the big boat was about ready to leave. We snorkel some more and Tobey got our his easy cheese and feed the fish easy cheese. They attacked that stuff like it was going out of style. We kayaked back and that was rough. It was harder to kayak back, and we didn't see the dolphins. Some people ahead saw them but we were told not to go too close to the cliffs and that's where they saw the dolphins. We paid our little helper, which he totally ripped us off, but whatever and head back to Kona Boys to return the gear and pay for the paddle. Brandon broke the most expensive part of the paddle and had to pay $60 or $70 dollars I can't remember. It was a fun activity and later that night we ate at Bubba Gumps. It was all decked out in Forrest Gump stuff it was cute, but a pricey little restaurant.
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I love all the pics. It looks sooo beautiful there and sooo relaxing. I love the one of Brandon sitting in the sand...he's so cute!! And of course you look spectacular. Sounds like it was an awesome trip. So, have you already got your next trip to Hawaii planned? ;o)
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