IRONMEN, EXPRESSO AND SHARKS...WHAT THE???

THE IRONMAN ZOO

EXPRESSO IN THE WATER, HOW COOL IS THAT?

LOOK DOWN GUYS!

COFFEE IS THAT WAY!

WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A YEAR FOR THIS DAY. Espresso in the water!!

When my buddy and I are out there at the coast guard buoy, we always float around for a time and chat, always joking about our having coffee out there without the coffee. Today we had the coffee.

The great folks representing the Kona Coffee industry are offering espresso in the water for 4 days prior to the ironman. Little did the ironmen getting their cups of coffee in the middle of the ocean know; there were five sharks below them. Ok, so they were white tip reef sharks, but they don't care, a shark is a shark to most folks!

Our little village has been taken over. The streets are full of hard bodies and bikes, the stores are full, the highways are full, the ocean is full, thank goodness our condos are full too!

They're HERE!!! Is the call of the locals. Swimming out there is like swimming in a blender. Everyone bumping into each other, head on collisions. Back packs for as far as you can see on the pier. Nowhere to put your things. Shower lines 30 long.......Ugggg....

Linda and I swim VERY wide in the boat lanes to get away from them. The pier is madness, and then add all the cruise shops we have had in lately. What a zoo. Next week we get our Island back.

COOL NEWS! We now have a webcam on the Fishopper on ALII Drive right off the Pier. You too can check into Kona everyday to see conditions and count the days until you can return! The address is:

http://www.konatraveler.com/big-island/kona-bay-cam.html

Book mark it!

WATCH THE IRONMAN FROM THE LUXURY OF YOUR BREAKFAST TABLE ON SATURDAY!

Keep tuned for all the canoe regattas, the Billfish tournaments etc. etc. All the fun things happening at the Pier!

Enjoy the webcam!

A Hui hou!

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