We hit the jackpot ...

In the fish lottery that is ...

We headed out early this morning, trying to get a glimpse of dolphins that swim through La Perouse Bay.
We missed the dolphins (if there were any) but decided to brave the lava fields and take a mile hike out to the "aquarium."
This is what we hiked through ... a'a lava rack ... which means very sharp.

But it was totally worth it when we made it the "aquarium" cove. You could see the fish before we even got in the water and they were swimming around our feet as we walked in.

And this is one of the first things we saw ...



This fish is a beautiful rainbow of colors, our rainbow trout doesn't have anything on this guy.

Look at this school of fish ... don't they look like they're doing a little synchronized swimming? Well except for that one guy ... he's way out of form. And the water, well, it's even more blue and brilliant than you can capture on camera.

Matt took over 200 pictures today and I could only pick four to upload for this post ... this one gives you a good idea of looking down into the cove.

We were pretty tired after the hike, snorkeling and sun ... so we headed back to the hotel. Showered up, did a little laundry in paradise and headed to dinner at "Cheeseburger in Paradise." Another fun spot to eat with a great view of the ocean and the beginning of the sunset. We topped the night off with a milkshake and a little shopping. Now at the early hour of 8PM we're headed to bed ... we're getting up at 3AM (that's normal wake up time in our Mountain Time zone) to witness the sunrise from Haleakala. It so better be worth that early wake up and drive. Stay tuned for pictures tomorrow ...

** Each day my heart starts to ache a bit more for a hug and a kiss from my boy. I know we're never far from his heart and mind either. Today he told Grandma he was thinking about his mom and that he missed me. Thankfully he's not upset, just missing us, as we are him. Only 2 more days. **

Happy Saturday!