The Drop Off

Sunday was a beautiful day so we packed up and headed to one of our favorite spots - the south end of the island - to go to the beach and fish.  This is a beach we've been to with Liz, Don and Lydia several times recently and it's a great remote beach, but this time we found something new!




Grammie and Emmy having a picnic




Emmy and Lydia found a water hole to sit in - Liz doesn't look too happy!



...but the girls look happy!

The guys went out to their favorite spot to fish (with all the other Japanese guys) but this was the first time we've been there at LOW tide and what they found was amazing.  Usually, to get to the water, you have to walk across an expanse of strange, sharp lava rock with some rock pools and green sea weed. 

The Japanese guys fishing around the drop off.

The strange landscape you walk across to get to the water.

Standing on the edge of a pool

The guys knew there was a pool that formed by the breaking waves that was good for finding fish, but what they didn't realize was that the "rocks" they were standing on were actually shelves which hung out over a drop of about 100 feet strait down!  The water is so clear here you can see all the way down and all the fish in between!  Next time we'll come with our snorkel gear and jump in.  In between these drop offs and the sandy beach were some great tidal pools which were like huge aquariums.  You could stand on the rock and see all the beautiful tropical fish - beautiful!  Grammie had never seen anything like it.

Looking down 100 feet - don't trip!

Grammie looking at the "natural" aquariums

The attitude...

Some of our favorite blue fishies.

Afterwards, we went to a great restaurant called Thai in the Sky that sits on a top of a mountain with a great overlook to the sea.

What a great place for dinner!