Today we went back to our secret beach. Ha! We went there last week and a family was digging around for something. We asked them what they were doing and they showed us sea glass they were finding. It was beautiful colored rocks that were clear, but colored like glass. We picked up a few pieces that day, but we were in a hurry to do a million other things that day and had to leave quickly. We had never been there before, so that was a new one to us last week. So, we went back today to gather some more rocks. Bob has some kid’s sand toys, so we borrowed those and took them with us. Of course Don scurried ahead of Tom and Linda and I and he was carrying the shovels. We all got so tickled at the thought of this gray-headed guy busting it down to the beach with his little kid shovels! By the time I got down there I was doubled over laughing at how silly we would look , digging with those little shovels; I could hardly keep from laughing enough to tell Don what it was that had us so tickled. It was the kind of hilarity that we’ve had all week with Tom and Linda. We’re sure going to miss them when they leave tomorrow!
It was a day of delights. Tom and Linda took the whale cruise this morning and they loved it! We were able to watch them a lot of the way as they rode up the coast, so we saw a lot of their whales and even saw the huge pod of spinner dolphins that they saw. It was pretty amazing for all of us. They learned a lot about the whales to share with us when they got back to the car. After the whales we went to pick up the sea glass. That took us so close to Hilo that we decided to go on into Hilo and see the Boiling Pots, another thing we’d never seen. We were really glad we went there! It was another cool hike, and not too hard if you have a hiking stick. It would be way awesome if it was full of water, but we could hike it better without lots of water. This is the river that feeds Rainbow Falls.
Today’s pictures are Don on the ‘secret’ sea glass beach with his toy shovels, and then the Boiling Pots and their falls, called Pe’e Pe’e Falls. Those accents aren’t right, but it’s close. It’s a must see place and we just found it today! God keeps giving and giving, and we give thanks!
Love you all!
You continue to inspire and entertain us with your wonderful pictures and detailed descriptions of everything and I continue to read and enjoy. The sea glass is actual glass from bottles that have been tumbled and smoothed by the sand and water. It is considered quite collectible to use in jewelry making or to just display in a pretty glass jar. Red is the rarest so grab those toy shovels and keep digging! I'm so glad to hear you have been feeling well. God is so good. Love, Patty
ReplyDeletePatty, how interesting is THAT! We had no clue what we had found; we just loved finding it! Tom wanted to put some in his aquarium. You know people in their 50's and 60's don't bend over so well . . . and then stand up! We don't move out of the water's way very quickly, either. We can sure still have fun, though! We wonder why we don't find sea glass all over the island, but it could be that we were pretty close to where the tsunami hit and took a bunch of glass many years ago. Thanks for contributing to our explore! Love you! Mary Jo
ReplyDeleteEveryone needs to know that by clicking on the photos they will get large and you can really see the details. Thanks to Judy for telling us. I know to do this but just never thought of it...duh. This batch looks really great blown up..thanks MaryJo. dana
ReplyDeleteI knew about clicking on pictures to make them bigger, but I didn't know it worked on the blog. That's way cool. I'll get to the macro sand pictures; just always on the go, here. Today is vocano day, so it won't be today, either. Hang tough with me. Love you, Mary Jo
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