Timber and I celebrated my 28th birthday last weekend. We went to Captain Cook (on the Kona Side) and hung there for the weekend.
Here we are Saturday morning at Two Step. It is one of our favorite places on the island to snorkel. I was hoping to see spinner dolphins..I mean it was my birthday and all. But, the dolphins were playing somewhere else. Instead, we saw eels, a huge Parrot Fish, beautiful reef.... We had a nice long swim. It made us good and ready for breki. Timber took me to our favorite breakfast joint on island, the Coffee Shack. Delicious baked goods, rich coffee, fresh fruit...YUM! As we ate, Timber shared his guava jelly with 5 Madagascar geckos.
It was quite a show watching them fight over the jelly. A gecko would sneak up behind one that had it's head buried in jelly. The one eating jelly would startle and then run up the window. So the new gecko could grub the jelly with it's head burried, until...You'd think they would learn to share, there was PLENTY jam for all of them.
After breki we went to our hotel to nap and digest. We also chatted on the phone with many friends. Thank you all for the birthday wishes!
Then we were off for a hike. We have been to the Captain Cook Monument via sea kayak, but we wanted to hike there. It was a nice hike down the pali with astounding views of the coastline. We took left the trail and headed through mesquite bushes and trees toward a grove of coconut palms.
Exploring the coastline we found beautiful white sand beaches, ocean blow holes and arches, and coconuts. We got all aggressive with a stick and knocked a couple green beauties down from a tree.
Then we got even more ape to get through the husk and into the precious liquid and fruit. I don't think the juice inside those coconuts replenished the sweat we produced whacking them on the rock to get them open...but it sure was good!!! 
At the monument, we went for another snorkel. It was so refreshing to hop in the ocean after hiking and getting animal with those coconuts. The reef there is so colorful and alive. There were heaps of trigger fish nibbling at mesquite seed pods that floated on the ocean surface.We beached ourselves and while drying off, finished the last bit of our water. We didn't understand the monumental bummer this was until we started hiking back up the pali. At the top we were so dehydrated and worked!!! Luckily there was a gas station close by for some cold water. This made us bounce back to life!
We finished my birthday at Mi's, and Italian restaurant. I had a delicious lobster dip and salad and then torte with candles and a wish.
So starts my 29th circle around the sun. It's going to be a great on!
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