A Great Moment in My Life
One of the great moments of my life happened in the summer of 2005. I planned all year for a 2 week vacation to the Big Island of Hawaii’s Kauai-Kona coast. I wanted to share this trip with my family so I invited my mom and sisters’ family to join my daughter Autumn and I on this vacation. My sister had my little nephew a few months prior so she and my brother-in-law were unable to go. Due to the new baby they were unable to pay for my niece and nephew to go. I wanted them to go so I paid for my niece (Tamara) and nephew (Aulama, Jr) to go with us. The five of us boarded an plane and six hours later we were in Hawaii for a priceless trip.
We originally were going to Island hop but decided there were enough things on the Big Island to keep us entertained for 2 weeks. We hardly saw our hotel room as we were out and about the whole time. We got to swim with the turtles along the Kona coast line, we saw the black, green, and white sands of Hawaii, did A LOT of snorkeling, had an all day visit at Mount Kilauea (one of the world’s most active volcanoes) where in the evening we saw the lava flowing into the ocean, and toured a Kona coffee plantation. A great moment was when we stopped to watch some villagers sitting on a metal seat that was put into the side of a 500 foot cliff where these villagers were fishing for the evening dinner. It was amazing to chat with these humble villagers who even asked us to stay for dinner but we had to decline.
A fantastic moment for myself and my nephew happened while he and I were taking under water pictures while snorkeling. I came up from the water to stand on a rock to take a picture of the sunset. My nephew and I couldn’t understand why our rocks kept moving. Well, they were moving because we were not on rocks, we were standing on turtles who gave a us a small ride. On July 4th, we got to watch the releasing of the turtles into the ocean. These are endangered turtles that are raised in captivity then released into the wild to increase their numbers so they can be removed from the endangered species listing. Another great moment was when we went to Kealakekua Bay. We went to pay our respects at Captain James Cook’s memorial site; as we are descendents of Captain James Cook. We even did some kayaking and snorkeling while in the bay, hoping to swim with the dolphins, which unfortunately didn’t happen.
Well there is so much more I could tell you about regarding this fantastic vacation but unfortunately this is only a blog entry. Thanks for reading and I hope maybe you might put Kona, Hawaii on your list of vacation spots to visit some day. Aloha J
