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Kona day one

April 5, 2013
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5 Apr

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.

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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!



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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.
IMG_0341This 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.

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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.IMG_0350

Here is a picture of the 2 of us at the same place.IMG_0355
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.
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Isn't this a cool looking tree?  It is like a fan.
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I love the trees here.IMG_0367
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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