Whales Galore

Scott's dad and Sue are visiting with us for a week. We've been out and about seeing the sites, taking pictures and eating as much shaved ice as we can ;-) Yesterday we went on a sunset whale watching adventure on a catatmaran on the North Shore. We were incredibly lucky and saw some whales that got up close and personal. It was more than we expected to see -- our captain even pulled out his video camera. Picture taking was a challenge, but we gave it our best shot and Scott brought the video camera along. Below are a few pictures and video from our trip -- you can just tune out the 'human' voices you hear on the video! Its a bit long and hold onto your sea legs, but you can really see that pictures sometimes don't do them justice.

Look at that tail!

Splash!

Hey there!

Wow.....

Look out....whale spit coming through....

Video

Winter Weather

Winter means cold, snow, ice and hot chocolate (at least I think so) to a good portion of the mainland. Here its all about the rain, wind and surf/craft advisories, with some snow. Haleakala (on Maui) was covered in snow and the national park was closed for several days last week. This week, rain and flooding are a concern. Where we live (leeward side of Ohau) there's generally less rain, more sun and warmer temps than other parts of the island. So, we've had some rain, but mostly just clouds. The article below talks about the weather here:

http://www.kitv.com/weather/15213820/detail.html

Halealkala last week

(courtesy of KHNL News 8)