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The Chameleon
TG News Update We were returning from Hookena and found a chameleon attempting to cross the two lane road. In an effort to minimize casualties, we moved the wild beast off the path. Hope it was the correct side. Slowly it creeps up and over. We were lucky to escape with our body parts intact. There has never been a…
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Two Step Turtles
What snorkeling adventure would be complete without eyeballing a turtle. These are green sea turtles, honu in Hawaiian. They will cruise through the blue waters to visit the various cleaning stations made available by the local reef fish. Then ride the waves into the rocky shoreline looking for a decent patch of algae to munch on. …
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Spotted a Spotted Eagle Ray, Kahalu’u
We started out the day by going to Keoneele Cove by the Place of Refuge on the Big Island of Hawaii. Because of the dangerously rough surf, we couldn’t get in the water. We’ve never seen it like that. There were three people fishing at Two Step (the place where the divers and snorkelers enter the water).…
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Water Child
I wanted to share what I felt as the dolphins were swimming around me, disappearing into the blue depth then reappearing. I felt immense gratitude and peaceful joy. It was the satisfaction of a journey completed. It seemed so little to say about an event so special, that I knew I had to share the journey to explain the feeling.…
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The Southernmost Point in the US
Today, Bill turned 52. Today, we drove from Kailua-Kona to South Point and beyond. Pass the Black Pebble Beach in South Kona Pass the zebra , donkey, and buffalo. Pass the horses and windmills. We stood on the cliffs at the most southern point of the US. With it’s strange gallows like contraptions, whose block and…
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