Sunday, November 2, 2008

SURFING AND DOLPHINS
























Okay, so I've been wanting to get my bootie on a surfboard for some time, now, a wonderful friend hooked me up with a brand new board, a Stewart and it is incredible. Today, I went out with a friend to Kaimana Beach and wow, we surfed with a pod of about 100 spinner dolphins and even saw honu out there. it was amazing. OMG, speechless!

So I did okay, learning how to turn and how to get on a wave fast, but damn, I hate those nose dives when you're too far forward. recommend that you don't wear a suit that is sensitive to shifts in wave bashing because, it seems to move on impact. Enough said.

Have a great day!

Friday, October 17, 2008

A day in the life of GREG!


















the Grifter!


















The Porsche!

















The Front Gate



















Dinner @ Chez Greg's

Voggy! on Saddle Road

Taking Greg's dad's car to Hilo to ship to Virginia. I got to drive the cool Jeep Wrangler, like how it drives and rides, maybe I'll have to get one of these!


















Check out the VOG. Man it was so thick you could have cut it with a knife



Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Spinning Dolphins

Okay, today was in INCREDIBLE day, by even my standards!
We had a fabulous breakfast omlet with spinach, eggs, bacons and cheese, some nice toast and the last of the incredible wild rice from the other night. Yummy.

We headed out to Kealakekua Bay to hopefully have a chance to swim with the dolphins, and boy did we ever, they were everywhere! We rented a kayak and just had a wonderful time with them swimming all around us. It was magical. On the way back we stopped at the Coffee Shack, they bake their own bread and make their own yummies! Salad and a Sandwich.

Our friend Chet, a Thai massage Master offered to work on both Greg and I and we had 5 hours of incredible Thai Massage. Followed by a Great Meal at Outback Steakhouse. Life doesn't get any better than this! I'm so sad to be going home tomorrow. Back to the reality of my crazy life. But happy to get back to work too:).

Okay, so some of these poses, are a little, well, interesting, but he was incredibly relaxed after wards.

Monday, October 13, 2008

The Mahalo Party



Tonight was the Iron Man Mahalo party where all the volunteers who work this event are honored. The fed us, threw stuff at us, and then we went to the Ironman store looking for discounts on their products. not bad, but we were hoping for more. Oh, well, we just spent anything that we earned on this trip. Hell, its only money.

Tomorrow we plan to go and swim with the Dolphins at Kealakekua Bay. Then we're getting Thai Massages in the afternoon. So looking forward to that.

I was lucky today cause Greg did some Shiatsu on me today at the beach, it was wonderful!

A day at the beach





We have our daily routine here, still keeping me moving. We usually get up, have a small breakfast, usually fruit, with some cereal, yogurt and or smoothy. Then we hit the hike for a couple of hours about 7 miles every morning up and down the mountains of Kona. Is quite a trek. I've come to love it, and Greg is amazing, he says he's an old man, but he's in pretty good shape!

Today, we went to the beach, Kua Bay, it was amazing. Wow, its been so long since I've seen water that clear. We could even see the Honu swimming under water. Incredible. We got to check out Paul, the newly visiting Adonis in his man thong...well ladies, he's on the prowl! We're selling him into Highest bidder!

The market is back up and Greg is doing a lot better today.

Iron Man Competition

It was a great experience, and it really gave you some respect for the participants and what they sacrifice to make and complete the race. All I can say is that they are incredible. I like when they first go out for their swim. Talk about the sea of humanity. Wow, what an incredible sight, all of them swimming out together. I hope to post some pictures when I return.




















Greg, Me and Olivia at the Massage Tent.






The Nani's, Owners of Earthlite Tables


















Jeff Murray, Olivia and Azuza from Australia, Part of the Sports Massage Team


















Me & Fabulous Greg!

















Azuza, Tomas (owner of Earthlite Massage Tables), Noran and Dr. Myke Hungerford


















Olivia relaxing around the table at Greg's Outside Kitchen and the cool massive grill!








































Peter and Lynn Winn, strutting their stuff just before the race.
Me in front of the Big Timex Stop Watch


















Lynn & Peter Wind, Major Organizers of the World's Largest Massage Team and the Owners of the Hawaiian School of Massage


















Olivia, Me and Greg at the 20-Year Anniversary of the Hawaiian Island School of Massage in Kailua-Kona at Mixx's

















View of Greg's Estate! Love it, My room was the top right hand corner of the 3 car garage.




















Megumi, Olivia, Me, Katarina, Local Boy (forgot his name), Greg at the start of the race.
Finishing the race in the dead of the night! Lots of encouraging fans to cheer you on.