Trip to the Big Island

August 12-16, 2005

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Sequel Sequel and Dyson 5 minutes in the hotel room, and Todd already looks relaxed!
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View of the fish in the inlet near the Kings Shops Todd at the Kings Shops Stephanie at the Kings Shops
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Sunset from our hotel room Sunset Sunset from the hotel grounds
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Todd on the walk to the pool Sunset from the hotel pool A few minutes later
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The golf course, from the Kings Shops View inland from Kings Shops Todd at the Kings Shops overlook
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Stephanie Turtle at Spencer Beach
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Surfacing Todd snorkeling at Spencer Beach Coral at Spencer Beach
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In case you forgot your baby at home, you can rent one! Awesome dinner... seared bacon-wrapped asparagus, fried smelts, and a sake sampler for Todd View south from the road to the northwest end of the island
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Todd Todd and the eye-catching rental car, 2005 Mustang convertible Stephanie
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Stephanie and the car Todd at the Pololu Valley lookout View of the cliffs below
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Pololu Valley The beach below
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Cliffs at Pololu Valley Todd
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Turtle at Kahalu'u Beach Park Convict tang on the swim out to the reefs
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Stephanie Unidentified tang of some kind More convict tang
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Green sea turtle
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Black durgon triggerfish Raccoon Butterflyfish Moorish Idol
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Raccoon Butterflyfish Unidentified black fish and yellow tang
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Unidentified fish White-spotted pufferfish
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Unicornfish Some type of wrasse Convict tangs
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White-spotted pufferfish Blue bullethead parrotfish (middle)
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Blue bullethead parrotfish and unidentified dark spotted fish Tiny rainbow cleaner wrasse Nice view of the area
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Looks like a parrotfish, don't know what kind Threadfin butterflyfish Unidentified fish
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Blue bullethead parrotfish A school whizzed by and stirred up the sand Two unidentified fish
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Todd Very relaxed Todd
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Todd Hello from the Big Island The friendly white-spotted pufferfish kept coming over to check us out
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Green sea turtle
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Unicornfish and convict tang
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Unidentified fish Orangeband surgeonfish Big school stirring up the sand again
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Turtle
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Todd waves to the turtle
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The turtle swam just under me Very bright unidentified fish
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Turtle again
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Reef Trigger Fish (Humuhumunukunukuapua'a - state fish of Hawaii!) Three turtles together
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Four turtles together
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VIDEO: Turtle surfacing & diving VIDEO: Turtle feeding VIDEO: Todd & the turtle
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VIDEO: Turtle feeding closeup VIDEO: Turtle surfacing & feeding VIDEO: Three turtles
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VIDEO: Four turtles VIDEO: Four turtles and a wave

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