Whales, Purple Potatoes and More

 

We saw whales! Off of the trail that leads to the Makapu'u lighthouse the ocean is designated as a Humpback whale sanctuary, and they know it. The whales come from Alaska to do their family making here. At first you see the massive splashes - imagine cars intermittently being dropped into the ocean from a plane - then you just watch that spot, because it seems a whale cannot jump just once. Above is one we were lucky enough to catch!

Some other notes of interest of the day were the sunrise over Kailua beach, a regular looking sweet potato that is as deep purple as an eggplant on the inside on my dinner plate and being completely dumped off our sea kayak upon takeoff. We thought landing would be a repeat disaster, but we brought our craft in like pros. It was a good thing, too, because a couple on the beach was betting that we would dump it.