Hawaii- Day 2

On Day 2 of our trip we stayed at the hotel and enjoyed the day at the Lagoon. Tanner had never been snorkeling before so we spent the day snorkeling in the lagoon so that he could get lots of practice before we took our snorkel trip in the ocean later in the week. Here is Tanner walking along the lagoon. The lagoon was full of all different kinds of fish and lots of large sea turtles. While snorkeling on one occasion, a sea turtle crossed our path directly in front of us. Joe did a Matrix move twisting his body in order to avoid hitting the turtle. It is illegal to touch the sea turtles since they are endangered. That was the highlight of the day. I think we laughed about it the whole trip.

After snorkeling in the lagoon, we went to the pool to hang out. Tanner and Joe went down the huge slide. Not sure which one of them this is a picture of because it all happened so fast!


One of the most interesting things to see while on the Big Island is the "Island Graffiti" that runs along highway 19 from Kona to Kohala Coast. These are all "written" with white coral and leave a striking image in one's mind between the black lava rock and the white coral stones.

There are many types of messages left ranging from memorials to loved ones who have died, marriage proposals, proclamations of love as well as messages to people passing by. It has been around for ages and people are generally good about not disturbing the messages or taking rocks to make their own message. The residents ask that the white coral not be harvested or moved from the beach.

This photo shows Tanner writing his name with the white coral rocks along the shoreline of our hotel.

The last thing that we did on this day was enjoy the beautiful sunset. The sunsets in Hawaii are breathtaking!