Hawaii part 2

Yesterday (Seth's 10th birthday) we started out the day at Hanauma Bay. It was a beautiful morning and the snorkeling was amazing. I had forgotten how fun it is to be swimming out among all the fish. When I look closely at all those fish, I think that God has a good sense of humor. Some of those fish are very strange looking! Unfortunately, Danny lost the underwater camera we got Seth for his birthday!

As we were leaving Hanauma Bay it started to rain on us. Our next scheduled event was to be at Sandy Beach in the afternoon. It was too dangerous to actually get into the water there but we enjoyed watching the serious body surfers, boogie boarders, and surfers. It was rainy off and on all afternoon.

We ate dinner at a typical Hawaiian plate dinner at a place that reminded us of Dick's, but with Hawaiian food. It was pretty good! Then we walked around the International Market.

Today we got up and went to Pearl Harbor. It was interesting and even though I had been there as a kid, I had not remembered much about it. It was a gorgeous day, a traditional Hawaiian blue sky.

We spent the rest of the afternoon at Waikiki Beach. While we were out swimming we happened upon a Sea Tortoise just swimming along. He was huge. He poked his head up and scared Danny and then we all got to see him swimming and he came up for another breath. It was quite something. He was at least three feet in diameter and right next to us. In fact, we had to swim back a little so we didn't touch him. That was pretty cool.

Tonight was an interesting Halloween experience!! We had been told that it gets pretty crazy on the streets on Halloween, but it was quite something. There were thousands of people out and about a quarter of them in costume. Everyone from little babies to a Grandma and Grandpa in and Uncle Sam and Betsey Ross costume. Everyone is just out there taking pictures of everyone else. There were some pretty crazy costumes, and it was really fun to people watch. Of course, judging from the noises coming from down below our hotel (we are on the 12th floor) the partying is just beginning! The kids got a small amount of candy from various shop owners who passed out candy to kids. Not the haul that they would have at home, but I think the rest of the experience made up for it!