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How do you describe a perfect day? For one thing, you don’t take many pictures because you are too busy absorbing it all. Sorry about that. The perfect day began with a snorkel trip over to the Captain Cook monument in Kealakekua Bay. Here’s the monument. Eight years ago, you could just rent a kayak and paddle over, snorkel…
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Just a quick note as I drink my 100% Kona coffee…Friday night, we went to a Luau. The dancing was amazing. Took lots of little movies that I will post….eventually. Yesterday, we took an all day tour to the Volcano. Didn’t want to drive it was the main reason but, I gotta say, the small…
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Near the Place of Refuge south of Kona is a popular diving and snorkling spot called Two-Step. And it is a beautiful place to go. The water is warm and crystal clear. The fish are being fish, munching on the coral or cleaning turtles. And the water is that blue blue color I can’t seem…
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We didn’t really visit Hilo, other than Hilo Hattie’s which is “The Store of Hawaii.” At least that’s what their tagline says. I like Hilo Hattie’s. I like Hattie. She must have really had some entrepreneurial spunk. Our plan was to visit a botanical garden. And we did, not the one we visited 8 years ago,…
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Over the past couple of days, Mr. Al and I’ve been exploring here and there. We walked about on the King’s road. Thought we’d do a six mile round trip hike to the petroglyphs. However, after walking and crunching along in the wind and heat (willing our ankles not to twist), we decided we could…
