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We had our house painted - no more grey!

Beaches and Rainforest

Since we are having our house painted, we were forced to go out and spend the day at the beach on Saturday and we went for a hike in the rainforest on Sunday. It was way better than painting the house myself!

Summer is almost over

Uh oh. Summer is almost over! But apart from Andrew going back to school, and Diane going back to work, it's like year round summer here. Not much different has happened since the last posting . . .

Diane and Andrew went to England for four weeks, and we've been kayaking, and to the beach plenty of times, and I even managed to go spear fishing a few times. These are a few photos from the last few weeks:

Kohala Zipline Canopy Tour

We (Mark, Diane, and Andrew) went 0n a zipline canopy tour. It was amazing!

Kayak Trip to Captain Cook's Monument

The three of us (Mark, Diane, and Andrew) paddled out to Captain Cook's monument (the white pillar in the distance just to the right of Diane's paddle) to go snorkelling. While we were there Andrew couldn't resist climbing aboard the Fairwind Cruises boat to jump off the top . . . twice!

We bought a kayak today

69 Beach

We drove up north for a day out at 69 Beach. It's a beautiful spot, we love it there!

Having a whale of a time in Hawaii

We (Mark and Diane) hiked out to another black sand beach, and saw dozens of Humpback Whales jumping out of the water just offshore.

Trip to the top of the volcano

We drove to the top of Mauna Kea, the highest spot on the Big Island to watch the sunset. The views were amazing, and the effects of high altitude and low oxygen were obvious - see the photo below of Andrew taking his first rest stop only a couple hundred yards from the car. Stiil, good times were had by all, and the sunset was spectacular.

Oh, and yes, Andrew was wearing his pyjama bottoms.

Our first Starfruit harvest

We picked our first starfruit from the tree I gave Diane for Christmas.

OMG! Andrew what have you done??!!

Andrew swims with dolphins

Andrew's new car

Our New Years Day Swim

Wow! What a way to start off the new year. We (Mark and Diane) went to go snorkeling, and were greeted by the biggest pod of dolphins yet. There was well over fifty dolphins circling us at one point, sometimes swimming past us almost close enough to touch, and the water was so deep we couldn't see the bottom. I still can't believe I took these photos . . . .