This morning we were up by 6 and driving away by 6:45 headed to Kona for our fishing trip...
Gracie quickly found herself a bench seat, covered up with pillows and was soon napping...
Trolling for the big Blue Marlin...that turned out to be just a dream for this trip...
At 15 miles from shore, Jack caught three yellowfin tuna that he gave to our very hardworking deckhand, Kip.
Our guide, John...
Jack had several large fish on the line at different times, but they were taken by sharks. Both John and Kip mentioned at different times the problems they had been having with them...ummm....no swimming/snorkeling this trip!
Jack fighting one from the chair...another shark's meal :(
Gracie leaving the sharks for higher ground...don't blame her a bit!!!
In these buildings, they raise Maine lobster, seahorses, butter fish, shrimp, etc. The pipes you see to the left pump water up from 3000 ft below that is a constant 42 degrees for all of the sea life...
A Hawaiian Airlines plane - that will be us in just a couple of days...
Back at the marina...Jack and Gracie got a little seasick from all of the very rough water, so this was a welcome sight for them! LAND!!!
We stopped at Kekaha State Park and Beach to scope out our plans for tomorrow, but there were strong current warnings posted, so we think we'll stay at the hotel tomorrow. The 10:00 news tonight told of a kayaker that was overturned and killed today due to the rough seas and then warnings about two surfers that had chunks of their boards taken out by sharks...this was not a tough decision to make!!!
With the exception of Jack and Gracie playing a couple of games of pool, we stayed in the room for the rest of the day...we fed the birds, watched the dolphins (video on Facebook with the dolphins doing big belly flops - super funny to me!) and the waves of the ocean and listened to the live music at the Lagoon Grill...all from our balcony in our PJs! It was wonderful!!!
The torch lighter just before sunset...I'm caught up on the blog and on my handwritten journal, so I think I'll try to convince my little one to hit the hay (Daddy is snoring as I type this) so that we can have a full, enjoyable last day in Paradise tomorrow, for Wednesday, we'll only be able to play in the morning and then prepare to leave that evening...hopefully, we can sleep most of the 9 hr trip back to Houston since it's an overnight flight...
Enjoying the weather and the relaxation for just a couple more days...making the most of it! :)
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