Day Nine

We spent Friday visiting the Captain Cook monument from quite a distance.  You can kayak a good long way in fairly open water or hike an unrelenting arduous trail to see it up close and personal.  We looked at it from the edge of the bay.  It is the small white obelisk in the middle of the photo.  We also watched the pot smoking locals trying to catch some fish for dinner.

The bay where we stood. 

There were remnants of a sacrificial temple on the grounds.

Morgan found a tidal pool to cool her heels in.

Saturday was back to the Waikola for Dolphin Quest for the kids.  We took some time to walk around some more.  We passed the wedding chapel and approached the grand staircase we had just walked down but from the other side.

The kids and I posed with the Dolphins!

A beautiful sculpture on the grounds.

Then it was time to swim with the Dolphins.  

Afterwards we met up with the others for lunch.

We all headed for home to start packing and getting ready for church.  After church we cleared out the leftovers for "what's for dinner."  I took a bag of groceries to a neighbor, emptied the remaining containers, left condiments and other unopened things for the next tenant, washed the beach towels, started the dishwasher while packing our suitcases.  Pat, Kelly and Cassie left for the airport, they flew to Phoenix that night and Larry and Kristin were leaving Sunday night about the same time.  They have to vacate by 11 am so spent the day in a king sized cabana at the Waikolia Hilton until dinner, then off to the airport for their flight home.  We have 3 nights on Oahu before we leave.