Wrapping it up...

Hi everyone!  Sorry it has taken us so long to get our last "thank you post" posted!  We've had so much fun writing and answering your questions.

This post goes our to Grandpa and Nana...

Question:  What was one of your favorite memories from our Hawaii trip?

Alyssa:  One of my favorite memories was the whale watching trip Katy and I went on with Grandpa and Nana.  One of the best parts was when the humpback whale went under the boat and then came up and showed it's fluke. It was REALLY COOL...well...if there were actually a word to describe the feeling, then it would mean awesome and cool combined!  You could clearly see the shape of the whale under the water and all of the scraps and scratches on its body.  AMAZING!  The whole thing was just really cool...the sound of the blow before it dove kind of reminded me of our dolphin at the encounter as we were swimming with it.  On the trip we also had dolphins swim alongside the boat as it left the harbor.  It was incredible!

Katy:  I LOVED going on the whale watching trip!!!  When we pulled out of the harbor we saw dolphins swimming along side us!  We saw like 10 whales (that might be over-exaggerating, but that's what it felt like...maybe it was more like 6 or 7) and a couple of them swam under our boat!  It was so cool to see the water reflecting off the black and white patterns on their bodies.  Watching the whales breach was MESMERIZING!!!  When we were close to the docks on the way back, a pod of spinner dolphins came up and swam by us.  They were leaping in the wake of the boat's waves.  It was amazing to be there and see everything, but the best part was spending time with Grandpa and Nana!

Thanks again for tuning in to all of our "thank you blog posts" this March of Dimes fundraising season!

Bye!