So the last day of diving was today. We skipped breakfast because we needed to be at the marina. We were on the small boat, only seven of us were diving that trip. Four of them live in San Fran and came regularly to Hawaii. We were talking to one member of our group about the dive last night and she made a very true statement. Something along the lines of, if aliens came to the site they would think we were worshiping our gods, sitting in a circle of light just to observe these creatures. Made sense to me.
So we got off the boat and a few more pictures.
A couple of Yellow Tangs
Took more pics but I think there are enough underwater pics for one TR. Really enjoyed diving here and it was more than worth the detour. Beautiful water.
We did see this guy hanging out to be weighed.
Another Yellow Fin Tuna. The boats bring them in, they are weighed and taken to the packing house right at the pier. Guess they either give you the steaks for a price or pay you what it is worth to local fish shops. Big suckers.
The Pirate Princess in front of out boat before our last trip
So the diving was done. Dinner that night was at the resort. I again had the ham & cheese panini. Forgot what the kid had. Something meatless. The night was spent just relaxing. Tomorrow was an easy day.
Warning: Dive Geek Talk. Once you dive, you build up nitrogen in your body. If you dive deep enough and come up too quickly, you get what they call the bends. It was first discovered while digging the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge. The nitrogen in your system forms bubbles that expand on rapid ascent and creates pains in your joints and other areas of your body. In other words, it can mess you up. The same on the surface with going to high altitudes or flying in a plane. So, once we were done diving, we were relegated to staying on the surface and not going up into the mountains. We needed to “bleed” the nitrogen off before we could get on the plane.
We arose for a late morning. Well, I was up early but the Princess decided to sleep in. Sitting out on our patio, I noticed this guy with a thin pole that had two prongs sticking out. What was he doing? Crabbing.
Don’t know if he used any bait but he would drop this stick down and the idiots (also known as dinner) would grab the stick and he would gently pull them up and put them in a bag. Must have gotten over a dozen while I was watching him.
Don’t know how they tasted but I imagine they were pretty good
Breakfast was? You got it, Lava Java for Eggs Benedict. This time they over cooked the eggs. Missed the runny goodness of the yoke dripping over the English muffin. DD took pity on me and traded with me. Still good.
While we were sitting there, there was this thing sitting out in the lagoon
After breakfast the kid posed
The rest of the day was spent at the resort. We did pick up our gear at the dive shop and finished drying it out on the patio (they rinsed it and partially dried it for us). Took a few pictures around the resort and basically just chilled.
The Royal Kona is a very nice resort. Great staff, nice accommodations and overall a good experience. Plus they have fat fish.
Some pics of the resort
The open air lobby
Out of picture space so the final part of the day will be in the next post.