During February break, we all went to the Big Island of Hawaii for a week. We stayed in a house in a town called "Captain Cook", on the bay where the explorer of the same name died, after being the first Westerner to "discover" Hawaii in the 1770s. It was a beautiful spot and our week was filled with lots of fun activities.
After the trip, each of the kids rated how fun each of the activities were. Not surprisingly, they each had a different top 3 list.
Joseph's Top 3:
1. Snorkeling at Kahalu'u Beach - swimming with lots of different kinds of fish amongst a coral reef
2. Volcanoes National Park - seeing steam still coming out of the crater from recent eruptions, and a hike across a crater that last erupted in the 1950s.
3. Parasailing from Kona Harbor - on 1200 feet of rope, we got 500 feet in the air - almost as tall as the tallest building in Seattle. Great views of the island and ocean
Jack's Top 3:
1. Hike along rocks / sea arches - the entire island is made up of lava and is very black - mostly rocky. The day before we left we hiked along the coast and saw cool rock formations and sea arches (where the rock has eroded away and the surf comes pouring through). We also saw humpback whales in the ocean (we saw them 3 times during the trip; this is on their migratory path for this time of year).
2. Boogie Boarding at Kikua Beach
3. Parasailing from Kona Harbor
Henry's Top 3:
1. Parasailing from Kona Harbor
2. Manini Beach - this was our local beach, a 2 minute walk from our house. A very rocky beach, not really swim-able except for a narrow sandy portion where Henry spent hours washing up in a boogie board. Others also went snorkeling out in the bay from there.
3. Boogie Boarding at Kikua Beach
To see the top 25 photos from our trip, click here
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