On the big island for the weekend and have been having a great time. Marina has now met both sets of parents and I think it was pretty painless. But the weekend distractions have been pretty good. Friday we went diving, two dives. A reef dive and night dive with the manta rays. The first dive was amazing, the visibility was so much better than where I dive on a regular basis. Saw so many things from the basic eels and fish to garden eels, spinner dolphins, octopus, and a nudibranch. Even on the way to the dive our boat stopped for a couple whales that were within 20 feet of the boat for about 10 minutes.
The second dive was Marina's first night dive and was also re aally cool. It was supposed to be the manta ray night dive where everyone gathers and uses their lights to attract plankton and briang in the rays. Not many came through, but still saw 3 and 1 stayed overhead for a while circiling and being awesome. Saw a whole bunch of custraceans, lobster, shrimp, something in a big shell and an eel eating a fish. Overall the dive was great. I am a huge fan of the night dives and cant wait to do more.
Then on Saturday we went to volcano and checked the national park out. It was pretty cool although the lava flows in the area have stopped. It was much better to come back at night and see the crater lighting up the area from the glow. My cell phone did not do it mcuh justice but thankfully Terry was able to get some good shots. This morning we hiked through the crater and walked across the old volcano flow. The landscape was unreal in distant plantet kind of way. What Mars or the Moon should look like, but the weather was great and with mild overcast and good wind it was a really pleasant hike for walking on Mars. After the hike we had lunch in Hilo and headed back to Kona. One more day here and then its back to Oahu and time to get ready to move...
The second dive was Marina's first night dive and was also re aally cool. It was supposed to be the manta ray night dive where everyone gathers and uses their lights to attract plankton and briang in the rays. Not many came through, but still saw 3 and 1 stayed overhead for a while circiling and being awesome. Saw a whole bunch of custraceans, lobster, shrimp, something in a big shell and an eel eating a fish. Overall the dive was great. I am a huge fan of the night dives and cant wait to do more.
Then on Saturday we went to volcano and checked the national park out. It was pretty cool although the lava flows in the area have stopped. It was much better to come back at night and see the crater lighting up the area from the glow. My cell phone did not do it mcuh justice but thankfully Terry was able to get some good shots. This morning we hiked through the crater and walked across the old volcano flow. The landscape was unreal in distant plantet kind of way. What Mars or the Moon should look like, but the weather was great and with mild overcast and good wind it was a really pleasant hike for walking on Mars. After the hike we had lunch in Hilo and headed back to Kona. One more day here and then its back to Oahu and time to get ready to move...
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