James is on his first warm water dive. It was SO nice not having to wear the drysuit like we do in Seattle!
Tiger moray eel, this is a pretty unusual sight near the Big Island.
Moorish Idol
Orange spined tang
Moorish idol
Homo sapiens sapiens
Stephanie's self portrait.
Raccoon fish
James smiles for the camera. Who needs air anyway?
Yellowmargin moray eel
Varicose or fried egg nudibranch
Viper eel
Coral
Yellow tang
Tiger flatworm
Phyllidella pustulosa
Fried egg nudibranch
Whitemouth moray eel
A smiling whitemouth moray eel
Yellow trumpet fish
Small octopus, showing its red color. These guys can change their color very quickly.
Frogfish
Large male green sea turtle
Large male green sea turtle, our dive master said that this is one of the larger ones she's ever seen.
Some kind of eel
Spotted eagle ray
Goofus alopecianus
Yellow trumpet fish hanging out in some finger coral
Juvenile yellow trumpet fish swimming near a blackbar soldierfish
Candid underwater self portrait
Four-spot butterflyfish
Orangeband surgeonfish
Ornate butterflyfish
Male yellowtail coris
Female yellowtail coris
Arc eye hawkfish
Lobster
Entering a lava tube at Suck 'Em Up Cavern
Yellow tang and blackbar soldierfish
Yellow tangs and blackbar soldierfish
Green sea turtle
Undulated moray eel
Manta ray (no, it's NOT a dolphin)
Triggerfish
Freckled hawkfish
Manta ray
James on the way to the Big Island Eco Adventure Zipline tour
James anticipating the ziplines... with resolve.
Rainforest at the north end of the Big Island
Steph completing the #3 zipline over a waterfall
James was super Fly on the ziplines, y'all.
Clamping the carabiner to the safety line across a very rickety bridge.
Sulfur dioxide fumes wafting up out of the Kilauea Caldera
Thurston Lava Tube
James trying not to betray his fear of the dark.
“Steph, will you hold my hand in case the Boogey Man tries to get me?... Steph?“
Don't go into the light!
Entering the Thurston Lava Tube
Punalu'u Black Sand Beach
Lava folds up on itself as it cools, leaving rocks like this
Green sea turtle eating feeding in the shallow water during low tide at Puako Beach
James snorkeling along Mauna Lani Beach
Blue coral at Mauna Lani Beach
Sun setting as seen at 13,800 feet above sea level.
Three of the eleven observatories at the top of Mauna Kea
The happy couple waiting for the sunset.
We don't know what happened here. Steph's camera was filtering things as green, and not much else. It looks great, though.
Steph's camera filtered out mostly green light, for some reason, making the moon look especially eery
Proof that the moon really IS made of green cheese!
Pictures taken of some telescope images at the top of Mauna Kea
A gecko joined us for sushi one afternoon in Kona
Roasted pig being lifted out of the ground at the King Kamehameha Hotel lu'au
Demonstrating how to husk a coconut
Walking on the rocky beach our last morning in Hawai'i (sniff!)
Honokohau Harbor had this special message just for us. Awww!
