Good-bye Hawaii

We found a beach with proper sand!!!!!!! What a treasure for our last day in Hawaii, this tiny little cove at Kukio Beach. Not only was the water shallow and calm, it offered easy snorkeling, a few turtle sightings, numerous humpbacks breaching in the distance and finally, some rays to jump start our Vitamin D intake before heading home. Here were our favorite parts of the trip to Hawaii: 1. Curly Top: the ultra soft feel of pulu (fern fuzz), and a red-footed booby landing next to me on the beach. 2. Tomcat: lava tubes, green turtles, the dose of Vitamin D. 3. Little Man: getting his ukulele, shave ice and swimming in the ocean. 4. Doodle: seeing Island Girl and whatever Peanut liked. 5. Peanut: besides the thrill of digging a pearl out of an oyster, she signed the guest book in our condo, and we're tickled by what she wrote (I corrected the spelling): We loved our trip to Hawaii!! It was a pleasure to visit. Our favorite things were: going to the Sheraton Resort where the manta rays came out for plankton, hiking up Akaka Falls, Botanical Gardens where we saw trees with roots that can walk and lots of other cool plants, the long drive to the ranch where we rode on horses, Volcano National Park and Kukio Bay. We are going to all 50 states. If you would like to visit our blog go to www.fiftystatesofmind.blogspot.com. We are not a big computer family but we are making a blog because we might write a book. We have had a wonderful time in Hawaii and we really enjoyed it! Peanut (cat face), age 8