I can't even see Diamond Head clearly!! I'm sitting on my couch looking out at Waikiki and if I didn't know it was volcano fog, I'd assume we were in LA and it was a really smoggy or even smoky day. Yuck, even the sun has a red tinge to it...
Yesterday was crazy. It is whale season here in Hawaii and the humpback whales have made their long journey from Alaska to Hawaii to have their babies. I've been counting down the days until the whales came back and yesterday we went to Diamond Head to find some. We saw some spouts from outside the reef and I practically keeled over from excitement. So we decided to keep cruising along the coast of the island to the eastern side where (on a clear day) you can Moloka'i, Lana'i and Maui. There is a place called Spitting Caves of Portlock, a place where the boys jumped off the rolling dried lava rock into a cave that spits you out... and we sat on the cliff to wait for whales. Than, out of no where, to the right of us, coming along the side of the drop off, was 2 whales.
Than RIGHT in front of us, about 100 yards in front of us...like I could have jumped off and rode their backs...a mom and calf came up and breathed right in front of us. It was INCREDIBLE. The baby made a high-pitched SQUEEEEEEEK as it blew out the air and went for a deep dive and his little tail slapped the water. It was like they were their just for us and the two other people that saw it on the cliff. So amazingly humbling and beautiful :)
Alright, off to run errands and work at 2:30..yuck. Hope everyone has a good day.
Breeeeeeeeeeeee
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