Seems Fishy

The Waiohai pond is stocked with Talapia and they have pole fishing twice a week.  Our boys LIVE for this!  Stefan nearly immediately caught a fish - so huge that he could not feed it to the resident Night Heron and "had" to throw it back.

Fish #1

Fish #2

The next fish caught was immediately after the first.  Also by Stefan.  Poor kids next to him were getting an inferiority complex as this one was also huge.  No Fish Tale here!

At any one time, three boys were crowding to stand on one rock.  We were all surprised when nobody ended up "swimming with the fishes..."

After a long wait, many minnows and a lot of lost bait, Dougie caught a big fish (also a throw back)

Ian caught his first fish ever (also a throw back - too big!).  He was not sure what to do with it!

Woah, Daddy!

The other boys there finally started catching some as well.  We all cheered!

The big fish apparently got tired of being hooked and stayed away.  The swan, however, did not mind being caught - free food was available!!!

The next round of fish were much smaller than the first, but they made the Night Heron really happy.  The boys would squeal as they threw the fish to the bird and he would make a dash for the flopping fish and gobble it up.

Mummy caught a fish too!!!

An Ian Fish...

Isn't it lucky to kiss a fish?!?

Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer and friends can hardly wait to fish again tomorrow!

And The Thunder Rolls...

Eric and I were awoken last night by an unhappy Ian.  After dealing with his woes, I was awake enough to be listening to the thunder in the distance.  I became more awake the longer I laid there.

So I got up to watch the light show.  Turned out to be a good one!  The sky was lit up and the thunder was soon to follow.  I did not see many bolts as they were apparently behind us.  The rain was coming down hard, but came down even harder the longer I sat there.  A bolt shot down behind the building in front of me and thunder cracked immediately.  WOW!  I sure expected to have a few more members to this light show audience.  But (thankfully), they slept on.

The sky lit up, the rain came down

After about an hour, my dad came out and joined me.  We went walking the halls to see if we could get a better view.  Another 45 minutes later, we both headed back to bed when the rain had calmed (to just a steady rain) and the thunder became more background noise.

Birds taking shelter on the window railings

Waiohai pond overflowing its banks this morning

This morning, Mom and I went to an "area orientation" and won a two-for-one Na Pali Coastline boat trip.  Eric's answer to going?  "No way!"  Mom had already bowed out.  Dad?  Stefan?  Come on!  The waterfalls should be great...

The lightening/thunder lasted most of the day, so the pools were closed.  The boys played games and then we all went for a drive to check out the rivers and such (more later)!

Stefan sandwich!

Can't breathe, Daddy!

Daddy sandwich!!!