Nov 1 - sun, sand, palm trees, here we come..

Once I got the all clear from my surgeon, I got on the internet and soon had a trip to Hawaii planned. Dec 2 we will leave for two weeks on the Big Island, one of our favourite places on the planet. Sitting on our lanai, gazing out over Kona bay at the spinner dolphins jumping in our bay, maybe a grey whale, certainly there are lots of big pelagics there so we hope to see the manta rays too. Diving is out but there are many, many lovely snorkleing spots. They warn tourists not to touch the turtles but they forgot to tell the turtles to leave the turists alone! We often find one swimming near to us as we are idling gazing at a cleaning station or some little sea critter.