"I'll be right back"

It's been rainy and grey all week now. It's still 76-78 degrees though, so how bad can that be? No sunshine makes the water a a little dismal, albeit crystal clear.

My mom was  visiting from Hilo hoping to find some sunshine on this side of the Island. Our unusually rainy weather is typical of weather found most of the time in Hilo (the windward side of the Big Island).

I told mom I was going for a short swim and be right back. I asked her to make sure pray for dolphins and whales for me to see today. Like she has more power of prayer that I would have? Ok, I confess, Linda and I pray for things to see quite often.

As I swam out, the Body Glove drove past me about 10' feet away. I hate when they do that. I think they are making a statement because I am not right inside of the buoy lines.  What the boat captains who run boats (and do not themselves swim) do not realize is that it is much calmer a little further out. We must have the right of way. Pedestrians do? I will have to check that out with DL&R.

I noted the Body Glove had stopped ahead of me about 3/4 of a mile. There was another tour boat on the spot as well. This meant there was something notable to see.  I knew I was going to see those whales I prayed for today! I swam and swam and swam to the location. By the time I even got close, the boats had since left. Keeping in mind it is illegal to  "swim" with the whales, but if they are in the general local and swim by you, all is fair. Whales, whales, whales I kept thinking.

Dolphins. 

I saw them jumping out of the water and I could hear them, but they did not swim with me.....I guess I need to be more specific in prayer, "swim with the dolphins" means, have them swim underneath me, not in the same ocean OK! 

I also saw dolphins on the way back and could clearly hear them and see them, but again, they did not swim "underneath" me! OK, God I will be more specific in my prayers in the future! I get it!

Got back home two hours later.  Oh well, I got some great shots of this little guy. A baby Eagle Ray.

It is rainy, cold and grey today. Being that  I swam about 3 miles yesterday, no swim for today.

A hui hou and hope for sunshine next week!