Our first full day here we drove to Kona to see where the Ironman Championship takes place. It is a 30 minute drive and this is what you see pretty much the whole way. Old lava. It seems like this is what it would be like on the moon.
This sign shows where the swim starts. It is not at all what I had in mind. There were many triathletes there training, and not really a area for the "lazy wives" who did not care to swim. I sat on the ledge, and enjoyed listening to them share stories of their latest races and read. It was really quite fun!
Here Michael is ready to go. He swam 1.2 miles 1/2 the Ironman distance. They said at the turn around point to look for dolphins as they like to be in that area in the mornings.
This shows how the shore is there. I am anxious to watch the next Ironman as I will be able to better visualize it. I can see people lined up along the ledge watching it.
After the swim we had breakfast at an adorable cafe overlooking where he just swam called Lava Java. There was live music for breakfast! A guy sang while playing his ukelele. He played current songs and was very good.
Here is a picture of the 2 of us at the same place.
Ready to surf! The lava rocks are tough on your feet so they wear water shoes when surfing here. He saw turtles while out there.
Isn't this a cool looking tree? It is like a fan.
I love the trees here.
We are going back to Kona tomorrow. We plan to stand up paddle board, and then Michael is going to bike part of the Kona course.
Kristen
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