Hawaii 2019 - Day 7

Today we spent the day at the resort.  It was planned that B wanted to see the dolphin in the lagoon,  but she changed her mind, so Lola got up and headed to the lagoon by herself to blog (with better internet) and wait for the show.  The dolphins didn't cooperate very well, but it was still neat, and she got to ask lots of questions to the trainer.  This is a new thing for the dolphins, it took 8 months to get them to go between 2 bridges, and another 8 months to get them into the lagoon.  They aren't used to swimming in such a large, open space like the lagoon.

AA, B and MBM met Lola before breakfast.  AA misread the message Lola sent him and thought she was at the "beach" but instead she was at the "bench", across the lagoon from the beach.  A short walk around the lagoon and they were united.

DD and T were running late and went to get in line at breakfast.  T was upset that they missed the tram but DD motivated him that they could probably run faster than the tram.  And he was right - T ran the entire way to breakfast and DD tried to keep up.  They were both sweaty when they arrived.

After another excellent breakfast, the crew decided it was a good swim day at the pools.  DD wanted to do a small photo shoot for work before hand with AA while the others got started with the slides near the hotel.

 T being a dolphin

After about an hour, it was time to switch pools and walk across the resort to where the "epic slide" was located.  The kids had a great time swimming to and from the slide (under the bridges, "tennis net" according to B and water fall).  They also had a blast diving for rings again - B is getting stronger with her swimming, often only needing to come up for air once before reaching the rings about 30 feet away.

Eventually it was time to make our way to Dolphin Quest where the ladies and T got to meet some dolphins again.  Last time they saw Kona, the dolphin, but she recently had a baby so they got to see Ipo, Nahele and Haukea instead.  They had a great time learning about the dolphins and feeding them fish.

After Dolphin Quest, it was time for showers/baths and some down time in the hotel room.  The kids were promised a couple of games of Mario Kart for their good behaviour. 

Then, it was time for supper at the Italian restaurant again.  This time, the kids were allowed to play with the blocks in the central "games area" with some other kids.  This was a great break for the adults, to let the kids "run free" while the adults were allowed to "adult".  Supper was delicious and then it was back to the hotel room.

Since it was an earlier night (early supper), there was some time to kill so the gang wandered around the hotel and went to the Boat Landing Cantina with hopes of catching a boat ride around the resort.  20 mins turned into 30 with no signs of a boat coming, so the crew "abandoned ship" and took what was left of their drinks back to the hotel room so they could put the kids to bed.

Waiting for the boat

After about an hour, Lola texted MBM checking if they fell asleep.  They did, and hard apparently.  Once everyone was awake, they continued to play MBM's new favourite game on the Switch - Overcooked 2.  Lola really enjoys giving everyone jobs and yelling at them when they aren't doing the right thing in the kitchen - kind of like her mom except her mom doesn't yell...