We went for a walk in the Japanese Garden next to our hotel this morning. It was a “wet” garden with small ponds and bridges along side the ocean – very nice (see photo). We then went for a drive nearby to check out some of the local beaches. There was a fourth grade class having a field trip at the first beach we stopped at. The kids were having a wonderful time collecting specimens with their nets and then putting them in large buckets so everyone could see. They had collected lots of urchins, some hermit crabs, cone shells, a baby scorpion fish and some sea cucumbers. Dave was in his element! (see photo) A large leatherback turtle came into the bay where the kids were working – they all seemed to be afraid of it – I supposed it was bigger than they are. We saw a whale spouting off in the distance. We left that beach and stopped at another – this is where we ate our lunch. There was a nice looking beach a little further down, but no parking. We should have brought our water shoes as most of the beaches are surrounded by lava rocks (see photo) – not sand and you would be foolish to walk on that with bare feet. We went back to the hotel and checked out the pool, but the water was freezing! Much colder than the ocean. We sat on the lanai for a while and read and are now back in our room. We will be going out in a bit. We saw a sign downtown that there is a wood turner’s exhibit, which starts tonight so we are going to check it out.
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