Today we got up to go see the Dolphin Sunrise Splash at 8:00am (as it is only on today and we will be gone for the other showings this week). We got a great seat by the water and waited for the show to start.
They let 3 dolphins into the lagoon area, chat about their program and put on a 10 minute show. They let 3 male dolphins out this time, but only 2 really put on a show. It was a great time, watching them interact with the trainers, playing, jumping and eating fish.
After the show we went to the Big Island Breakfast. Less of a wait today, and a little different food. Lola was excited to find the gluten free section, where she enjoyed toast and a muffin.
Following breakfast we went and sat by the ocean and relaxed. Lola was a little uncomfortable as she has some definite sore spots from her sun burn. She tried to stay covered up to let it heal. We watched a canoe ride the waves like he was surfing, saw some boats and whales in the distance.
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| AA using his new camera! (early Birthday Present) |
Time to get ready for golf and a little blogging, we had a tee time at 12:40, right outside our hotel room, but we had to drive our clubs to the club house about a 10 minute walk to the car, and a 5 minute drive to the golf course. We were greeted nicely by a lady who took our clubs, as we headed to the pro shop to pay.
AA had been here once before with DD a few years ago, but was excited to show Lola the one hole on the beach course. The Waikoloa Course has 3 Nine hole course, King, Beach and Lakes. AA chose the beach course, as he wanted to play it again.
We started the round by hitting a few balls on the practice range, then headed off on the drive to hole 1. The golf course was great, pretty relaxed, although there were people in front and behind us, which caused AA some stress, as he is used to golfing in MB, where you feel the pressure. Lola only lost 1 ball, so she was pretty excited for that. Once we got to hole 6, AA was so excited, the view is amazing of the ocean, the rocky coast and the golf course. Oh and don't forget about the whales... Lola was joking, but as she was trying to get her ball onto the green, a whale was flapping its fin splashing in the water.... lets just say she took and 8 on that hole, and never finished, because the whale was so distracting.
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| our hotel |
Sad to drive away from that hole, but it was amazing, the photos seem like the whale was so far away, but if looked way closer in real life.
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| See the whale splashing in the water! |
We finished the round with decent scores, and headed back to the club house for Lola to buy a new golf shirt.
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| Goats keeping the fairway short. |
Back to the hotel we went, to get a light snack/lunch as we hadn't eaten since breakfast. We shared a gluten free burger at Lagoon Grill, with sweet potato fries and AA enjoyed the onion rings!
We walked around after getting an unsweet tea from the Lagoon Bar (as Lawerence said from the Kona Bar that they had freshly brewed tea!, Scotty at this bar was also very nice), we walked around as the tied was pretty low and we enjoyed looking at the sea creatures in the lava rocks. Look and see if you can see the crabs!
We got back to the hotel to cool off, cleaned up and relax a little. We had a dinner reservation at Kamuela Provision Company (which we have never eaten at before). It is right on the corner of the hotel, over looking the sunset. We made sure to get our reservation before sunset, so we could enjoy it go down. This was our "anniversary" dinner. Included in our hotel reservation we get dinner, so this included a 3 course meal, and all you an drink.
Dinner AA had Ahi, and Lola had a steak. The food was incredible, but the view was also amazing. For dessert AA had a Ube chocolate cake, which was purple but tasted like vanilla, very interesting, but he actually enjoyed it as it was light and not too strong. Lola also ordered some sparkling volcanic water. It is filtered through the lava rock.. it was good, but the bottle was even neater (hoping to take it home). Dinner was defiantly on Hawaiian time (over 2 hours)
We strolled down the path and headed to the Kona Tap room for a Night Cap.... beer and an unsweet tea. There were 2 guys singing on stage and we watched some Ocho ESPN weird sports, of fling golf and cherry pit spitting competition.
It was a long day, and AA is still recovering (but much more like himself), so we headed back to the room, and were sleeping by 10 pm.
Here is some art that is in the resort, they have over 1800 pieces along the walkways. These reminded us of Japan!
Lola.
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