We had a pleasant journey (albiet long) from the mainland to Kona, via Honolulu.  By the time we'd done a bit of grocery shopping and unpacking, we were ready for a beautiful sunset off the lanai.  Fortunately, this was provided, as usual, in splendid shades of orange, purple and bruise.

This morning, I shambled awake and made coffee while Dan tried to doze just a bit more.  He's on East Coast time so this is a much rockier transition for him.  The coffee had brewed and we were just stepping out onto the lanai for a lazy morning when we (Dan) spotted three whales off the lanai.  He took several great shots of them (see below).  They were about 200 yards offshore and swimming very quickly north.

We passed the morning with reading, desultory home-owner chores, getting our golf clubs set up.  Then it was off to Drysdale's Too for lunch. More reading (I'm reading Stephen King's excellent new novel Duma Key right now). Dinner.  Sunset.

My kind of day!  Tomorrow I'm hoping for snorkeling before we pick up our friends Tom & Renee' at the Kona airport.  If we're lucky, we'll see a fluke or two off the lanai. 

If we're not? 

It's still paradise.  <wink>

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