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Hi, welcome to the Bradley family Travel Blog! The point of the blog is to let our family and friends see what we are doing and if they ever go to these places they can choose what to see and what to avoid. We tend to lean toward the more active side - like "leave no stone unturned" so if you want to go at a more leisurely pace, you can just pick and choose. Choose a destination above, on the map, or in the groups on the right hand side of the page.

Happy travels, Phill, Shellie, Bix, Brooke

Day 12 - Golf and Manta Rays

Now THAT's a hazard!
Today Bix and Dad both played golf at he Waikoloa Kings Course.  Bix helped Dad tee up the ball, drive the cart and look out for hazards. 


He even learned how to line up his stance and putt.  They had a great time.
picture found on Aquaviews.net
After a short nap, we went to snorkel with the Manta Rays at night, considered one of the top vacation things to do in the world.

These 8-20 foot stinger-less rays swoop and somersault as they scoop up and filter plankton lit up by dive lights.  Bix snorkeled around the bay while Dad, Mom, and Brooke hung on to a floating ladder/raft as one 8-foot ray swooped inches from us.

After about 10 minutes Brooke got scared and wanted to go back to the boat, but not before the Manta swooped a little too high, nailed the ladder, and hightailed it out from under the structure just past us.

Momma's bruise - it's even worse now!
The Manta returned, but Mom and Brooke went to the boat and did not.  Mom got a halacious bruise on the inside of her thigh - either from the darting ray or from another spectator kicking her - it swole up huge and was about a 8"x5" bruise the next day.

Nonetheless, everyone thought the Mantas were awesome and everyone but Brooke is ready to go back and do it again.


More pictures:
Bix and Brooke wait for the boat


The bay at dusk

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