We had a lovely first night in our condo--nice breezes coming through the open sliders from our lanai, a gecko visited us that evening while we sipped homemade "sunset" Hawaiian drinks, and visited with Holly and Shane who walked over from their condo.
In the morning, Helen and I went for a walk around the complex, stopping at Lary & Holly's condo, which is right on the water. Suddenly Holly and Lary saw whales jumping and leaping right of their condo, and we watched the whales (humpbacks shown in the collage above) for about ten minutes.
The water is so clear at the shoreline, that we could see large yellow tropical fish swimming in front of their deck.
The nearby cove is supposed to be a great place to snorkel, and also explore tidepools--the view from their condo toward the cove is lovely:
Helen, Holly, and I walked down to the cove--the tide was out, and several reef pools were exposed. Using care, we explored them, finding wonderful sea life up close, like a sea cucumber (there were several), spiny urchin (several, plus the common urchins), and an unknown snail:
Later, Helen and I were sitting on our third floor lanai, when we noticed a gecko running up and down a nearby palm tree--he went up higher than us, then turned and began to go down occasionally stopping to do little pushups and extend his throat bubble. About two thirds of the way down the tree, he suddenly jumped six feet over to land on a huge leaf of a nearby tropical plant, then we watched him crawl over the leaves, and jump from plant to plant, before he finally found a plumeria tree with black bark, and over he jumped, and up he went:
There must be plenty of geckos around, because on our way down to the car a bit later, we saw a tiny gecko about an inch long on the handrail.
We met Holly, Lary, and Shane for lunch in Kailua-Kona, then walked along the shops getting a few odds-and-ends from the ABC store. This afternoon is quite warm, and we are taking it easy.
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