Unfortunately we didn't have internet access while on the Big Island so I missed out on blathering on endlessly about all the fun stuff we were up to. And now so much has happened that I'm reduced to just providing the following list of cool stuff:

• Snorkeling at night with giant manta rays
  
• Snorkeling during the day with green sea turtles
  
• Green (olivine) sand
  
• Flying over an active volcano in a helicopter
  
• Touring a couple of the big telescopes on the summit of Mauna Kea
  
• Watching the sun set from the summit (13,697')
  

  I've been putting off writing about it because there's so much to tell. And now it's becoming clear to me that a detailed writeup isn't going to happen. So tonight I decided to cop out with the above list and a link to the photos. But my gallery script got corrupted... so I'm trying to upgrade to a new version and that failed due to a lack of the latest version of php. So it's a project and the photos aren't there for you to see just yet. In fact all I've succeeded in doing is gimping up the skin for my gallery so now it looks like total ass. Sweet.