Gotta Love the beach too!






















Soft white sand to hot, sparkly black sand, and many different ones in between.

Jill & Marvie go to Snorkelers Paradise




Snorkel Excursion to Kealakekua Bay

One of my fondest memories of this trip is going to always be experiencing snorkeling with my mom, the NON-swimmer, NEVER snorkeled or ever cared to be IN the water Mom.

We were blessed with buy one get one free deals from an Island orientation we attended, and a lot of you know mom (marvie)...anything for a deal... OK, that's not the only reason.--she also loves me so much she knew I wouldn't want to go by myself, so she was my partner on two very exciting water trips.

One, being a day trip we took that traveled to the beautiful, clear, and full of coral and fish,Kealakekua Bay. This is also the site of Captain John Cook's Monument. This snorkel site is only available by boat or a long hike. And, on the way to the bay we were fortunate enough to see bottle-nose dolphins, Hawaiian spinner dolphins, AND a mama & baby humpback whale.

The other water excursion the two of us experienced was a NIGHT snorkel to watch Manta Rays! We floated on top of the water above watching the graceful creatures come eat the plankton we lured to the area with our lights. This was so amazing, I wish I could have videoed it for everyone to see. Check out this site to see someone else's. : )



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFdS7Cby5fs

Hawaii, the Big Island- Kona











Amazing Hawaiian vacation this March 15-24 with the girls and grandmas! We made lots of memories...from snorkeling with manta rays, watching a luau, playing at beaches, visiting a rainforest, & a volcano.