Aloha, Part 2

Friday, we headed to the world famous North Shore which is known for it's large waves in the winter. After navigating down through some fairly large rocks we reached Shark's Cove. We spent the morning snorkeling and watching the beautiful fish swim below us. The vibrant blues, yellows, reds and orange colors we saw are simply not possible to put into words.































Later that evening, we spent the evening on a 40 something foot sailboat watching the above sunrise.

Brian played two rounds of golf while on vacation. He played at the Ko' Olau Golf Club, one of the hardest course in the U.S. on Saturday and did very well with an 81.





















Sunday after church, Brian and I headed over to the North Shore to take a hike in the mountains. After driving for about 45 minutes we arrived in the parking lot where I just didn't feel right about hiking. After some discussion we left. We drove to a North Shore beach where the endangered Green Sea Turtles (see pictures) swim in the surf and beach themselves to eat algae. We watched the turtle and listened to a volunteer talk about the turtle and learned that if you wear a bathing suit that is green you need to keep your distance from the turtle because they think you are food. Well, I am sure you can guess, I was wearing a bathing suit with lots of green on it. We snorkelled cautiously with the turtles and then headed back to Shark's Cove for more snorkeling.

Later that afternoon after swimming at Waimea Bay,
we noticed smoke in the direction we were driving. When we arrived home, we found out that 3,000 acres were burning due to a brush fire and the mountain we were going to hike on had been closed due to the fires burning. Several days later, the wildfire had spread to 7,000 acres and was still not under control.