Patt and I have been amazed at the beauty of Hawaii as seen through Julie's blog these past few months and - well - she has it right on. This is at KoOlina Beach, a series of beaches as a result of breaks though the lava shore where delightful pools exist for swimming and snorkeling. Yes the tropical fish are indeed plentiful and beautiful.
Mark, Justin and I swam out through the first gap seen below or the one on the extreme left in the photo above. We returned through the next gap over. The current was coming in so it was a bit of a swim.
We were able to stand just to the inside -right of the coral / lava flow line that comes from the lower left of the photo. Water was about chest deep and a bit difficult to stand when the waves were coming in.the left
The bunch of us walked along the shore line just behind the lava edge just kinda exploring and stopping to look into the little pools of water in the formations of the lava.
I convinced her to come one bubble or little pool closer. noticing that the rocks were wet and suggesting that we might just get sprayed by a wave if we did.
Eric was not impressed.
The next little cove or beach down the beach was a Marriott Resort, then a Disney Resort, then another Resort. Mark, of course is doing a good bit of the Grandaddy thing — -and I am having such a hard time at not answering to that name articulated in that child voice. But I do like the Uncle Paul too- and am being very well treated.
Of course we were not the only ones who thought this was a nice place for a photo. This poor couple was here being photographed when we arrived in the morning, and were still being photographed when we left. (some of the time was in the chapel just off the beach) The entourage with them was impressive. Their stamina for being photographed reminded me of Stephen and his delight at being photographed.
look at that sky, the water, — pick a photo — any photo --- all of them, yes it is that nice.
