Snorkels up!

While we have been snorkeling twice before in Hawaii today we decided to find a good spot to spend the morning. After causing our hosts some 'inconvenience' we followed their advice and headed down to a bay nick-named 'Two-Step.' Upon arriving it was clear where the nickname came from; after walking across some lava formations there are two natural lava steps that provide access right into the bay. From the second you enter the water and throughout the bay it feels like you are in an aquarium. The bottom is typically 15-25 feet deep and filled with seemingly healthy coral which in turn host numerous fish of every color. With our limited knowledge we were able to identifuly: eel, green turtle (not that hard), clown fish (damn Nemo, you are small), parrot fish, yellow tang and probably about 10 others that probably are not yet named.

Afterwards we returned briefly to White Sands Beach, popped into a natural foods market we had been meaning to check out and put a wrap on our stay here in Kona. Tomorrow we get up early to begin our trip back to CT, but we do have 12 hours in Honolulu so we will see what we can find...hopefully a good bar are two.