More Fun !!

Friday we were sad to have to say goodbye to Dan & Sharon Jackson.  They had to go home to snow, snow and more snow..  They called us to tell us that their flight was delayed by only one hour but it took them three hours to get from PDX to home.

Today, Thursday, was great.....  a snorkeling trip with the Body Glove boat and whale watching.  Everyone in the house went on this trip. The skies were quite grey which actually made it a tad bit cooler than the hot sun shining. But, we feel lucky, it is snowing at home!!

Saturday we spent the day on the other side of the island in the volcano area.  On the way we stopped at Keauhou Bay and watched the sea turtles for a while.  

Thought since the sky was so grey that it might be a wasted trip.  Boy were we surprised...  looking down on the caldera was such an awesome site.  It is sooooo huge.  A ranger was there giving all the history of Kilauea.  This is the volcano that took out a housing development.  Homeowners had to watch as this river of lava came down their streets and burned down there houses.  we stayed until after dark watching the caldera.  See the results below..  Love Joe & Celeste!!

Got back to the condo really late, stopped for dinner in Hilo at Ken's Pancake Cafe.  We were eating at 8:15 pm and the place was still packed...  Not only did we have our condo on Kauai named after Ken was a great restaurant too!!  What a guy!!

Today is Sunday and we had to take Joe & Celeste to the plane.  Was really hard to see them leave for home in San Diego.  Don't get to see my brother and his wife often enough!!  They hosted us when they were living in China so was very fun to show them around Hawaii on their first trip here.  

Judy and DeWilde went over to the Hilo side of the island today to zip line and visit friends of DeWilde & Dennis'. Can't wait to hear how the zip lining went.  This company gets great reviews.  Karen, Alyssa, Angela, Ken and I hope to go later on.  Hope I can keep my brave face on! ! ! 

Tomorrow is Sunday and two more couples are arriving!! New week ! ! !

Sunday ended up with just Charlie & Joanne Leeth arriving. Ken's sister Pat and her husband Lonnie had both their flight from Redmond and their flight from Portland cancelled due to ice and snow.  They are being told that Wednesday is the first flight out.  WOW !!

Sunsets have been incredible every night.

Well Judy and DeWilde left for home on Fox Lane and Vancouver WA on Saturday.  

We went looking for turtles next door and we found them!!!!

Kaye and BJ Frye along with son Daniel arrived on Monday!!

We went food shopping and sweet Kaye bought flowers for the house.  They are very pretty and make it look very homey!!!

We kinda were doing our own things, the Frye family went to the beach and the Leeth's and us went touring. We ended up at the end of the road up north past Hawi. Beautiful area. 

Then we stopped at Mahukona Beach Park and found a really special place that I would like to go back to to snorkel.  It is an old abandoned sugar mill.

Lots of yellow tang

Pat and Lonnie finally arrived today.  They are cramming all the site seeing they can into a day and a half. They are very happy to be in the warm weather

Tomorrow Corey and Angela get here.  Can't wait!!   Before they come we are heading south to the Green Sand Beach..