This is the view from where we were staying - let's all move!
Okay. Um. Yeah. This is me snorkeling :-) If you smile you break the seal on the mask and water comes in, so no smiling! (p.s. the ocean tastes terrible)
One of the few things we all like to do: playing Settlers of Catan. Okay, Sarah doesn't like it - but I think she's coming around. This is the best game ever - you should play it!This video is from snorkeling with manta rays. Mom, Sarah, and I went on a boat at night to somewhere in the ocean. I'm pretty sure we were fairly close to shore though, the water was only like 50 feet deep. They have put weighted lights on the ocean floor and everyone had a flashlight. Manta rays are just like sting rays - except without the stinger. They eat plankton, which were attracted to our flashlights. We had 11 manta rays, from size 6 feet to 15 feet! The biggest one was bigger than my living room! And weighed 1500 pounds!
Some people were screaming through their snorkels and one lady kept saying "I want to go back to the boat". It was hilarious, but remember- if you smile while snorkeling you get water in your mask and if you laugh then you choke. Miss LaVerna - I don't think this event would work out for you! :-) They were definitely close enough to touch, but we weren't allowed to touch them. So.... what do you think? Are you brave enough?
Jabri said "You would take a picture of that" - Hawaii is flip flop heaven! Mr. Rick - let's make Beechpoint a franchise and work the Hawaii branch.
We brought our own pack mule.
Family picture. Matt (22), Wayne, Alice, Me (26), Sarah (20)
You can mail a coconut as a postcard! It comes in the mail just like that - no box necessary. Ever since Daniel got a boxless beach ball in the mail at camp I've been mailing odd items. So far I've mailed beach balls, a cookie sheet, a bedpan, a rubber duck, a coconut, and a plunger. It would take too long to tell why for each of those, but if it won't come apart then you can just write on it and the post office will stick the stamp to it. Try it!
I got a sno-cone bigger than my head! The pink side tasted like perfume, but otherwise it was great. At least the 1/5 of it I ate.
These are the golf carts we need at Camp Beechpoint!!! If anyone has one of these in their backyard just looking for a home we would be willing to utilize it at camp! ;-) 
ok, the manta rays are cool but creepy, i feel like i would not be brave enough to do that. the mailing a coconut immediately made me think of camp and when daniel go a ball, it is so cool that we really can mail anything!
ReplyDeleteHello Megan, You did an awesome job with this the Hawaii post. Great pictures and video. It was a nice vacation with the whole family. Love You
ReplyDeleteMegan, the video is absolutely breathtaking of one of God's creatures! How cool that you had this vacation with your fam! Your pics and comments are awesome as well! Looking forward to another game night, my friend! Love, Kathy B. :)
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool! But I can tell you right now, I'm NOT brave enough!
ReplyDeleteMegan,
ReplyDeleteI love, love, love the family picture!!!!
Talk to you soon!
i wish i could still see your pics as i write this cuz i'm pretty sure i had something to say about each of them - like the fact that i doubt matt feels good about being called a mule - and that manta rays aren't really the same thing as a sting ray minus stinger - that's like saying a horse is the same as a camel minus the hump lol :-)
ReplyDeleteand that i may be brave enough to swim with manta rays but i'm not sure i would be brave enough to walk into a post office and ask them to mail a plunger! :-)
anyways, that's all i can remember at the moment - nice post - i think you covered the high points...well minus the settlers pic hahahahaha