Saturday, March 29, 2014

Turtles on Black Sand Beach


We woke to see a Princess line cruise ship arrive at Hilo Harbor, passing in front of our hotel on its way to docking for the day.  We think Liz' cousins Jo & Marlowe are on-board.  We can't stay to greet them, because today we leaving Hilo and head over the the Kona side, where Holly, Lary, and Shane are flying in.  It is raining, and the rain will likely last through Sunday.  We want to stop and check out the black sand beach at Punaluu, and see if the honu (sea turtles) are out sunning themselves on the warm black sands--may be a long shot as it is raining and there is no sun...
It was raining when we first arrived at Punaluu, then it stopped and there indeed were two turtles on the beac\h, resting.  We kept our distance, and they stayed in an area that was flagged as a turtle resting area excluding people.


Later we arrived at our condo--although the complex is ocean front, I am a little disappointed that our condo unit is not right on
the bluffs (Holly's, luckily, is), as we have the tennis courts and an interior road, plus a line of condos between us and the sea.  I must have misunderstood the write-up.  Oh well, it is a very nice condo, and we have a pretty good ocean view.  In front of us is a grassy treed area with lots of birds, so that's nice:

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