We visited the big Island of Hawaii from August 2-August 9, 2009. The boys stayed a few days longer to continue working on their job for the Coast Guard. We visited everything from the top of the Volcanoes to snorkeling on the ocean bottom. We traveled every paved road circling the island. We stayed in Hilo which is a beautiful rain forest. We slept with the windows open and listened to the frogs sing their mating song. It rained nearly every night and morning than would clear up. Most of the swimming and snorkeling we did was over on the Kona side of the Island. We saw many turtles and were very excited to swim for an hour with a pod of 20 dolphins. They were amazing. They were about the size of me as they swam beside, under and even jumped out over the ocean. They are called spinning dolphins. There was a young calf with them and we were told that they stay in the bay for protection before going out a night to eat. We stayed in a condo that we rented for only $85. a night and they didn't even charge us tax on it so it was a great deal. We had pancakes at Ken's Pancakes and enjoyed coconut and guava syrup but the rest of the time we ate what we had bought at Costco or off the value menu at Burger King, McDonalds, Subway, Panda, and Jack in the Box. We had a fabulous time.
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