Looking for Manta rays- Kona Trip - Part 5

Friday, March 5, 2010

After swimming we went for another adventure!

Some people in our ward had told us about a place at the Sheraton where from the shore you could see manta rays in the water. They had gone out on a boat to snorkel with them.

We thought it would be great just to see them from the shore.

We went to the Sheraton to see what we could see, we saw some beautiful sights, but no manta rays.

The sun set was spectacular. The sun was actually glowing orange, for some reason my camera couldn't capture that. Even this is pretty.

James walking on the lava rocks to get closer to the shore to look out.

Sophia and Daddy walking around waiting for the sun to go down.

When the sun went down the Sheraton turned on their lights along the rocks. It was so pretty and as it got darker the water became so clear and we could see right into the water. We saw several schools of fish and lots of rocks, but not manta rays.

We waited and waited, the kids had had enough waiting.

There were so many cool colors in the sky that night and it would change every 10 or 15 minutes.

On the way to the car James spotted this huge spider. It was pretty creepy.

James loves creepy!

I love this picture with my cute boys looking at the water so intently waiting for the manta rays to come.

We had such a busy Friday: tide pools, sea horse farm, swimming at the hotel, dinner at Bubba Gumps and looking for manta rays. It was such a fun day! After it all we went back to the hotel for a movie and bedtime for the kids!