Friday was a fruitful fishing expedition!
To start the day, the four of us tried our luck fishing a nearby blue hole. Mili caught a small snapper, Matt caught two rocks, Christie caught up on some reading, and we all baked in the sun a little too long.
After lunch (not of fish. yet.) and naps (dreaming of fresh fish) it was off to a different kind of hunting ground. Matt and Ted headed to a reef with spears and high hopes in tow while the gals perused the beach cheering them on.
It was Matt’s first time to use a Hawaiian Sling (a slingshot type spear), and with Ted’s coaching, he was able to dive below the ocean’s surface and spear three lobster.
Ted caught two large grouper and two snapper to add to the seafood feast we we’re already salivating over. Ted cleaned the fish on “MG”, Matt twisted the heads off the lobster, and after preparing the catch, we all indulged on some incredibly fresh seafood. From sea to plate in less than two hours isn’t too shabby.
After dinner, our stomachs did a happy dance as we realized that we had dined on eight lobster over the past four days. A dream come true for the admiral of Kaleo who is quite the vegaquarium!
Conversation drifted along aboard “MG” as we relocated to the trampolines (taunt nets on the front of catamarans) and watched the stars peek out from behind the clouds until bedtime.
Daughter of Ted and Mili here – thanks for updating this site and including pics of my much-missed parents! I had fun reading everything and have bookmarked you so I can keep up better. Glad my parents have found some new ‘kids’ while on their journey…hopefully we’ll get to meet one day!
What a treat to hear from you, Kailee! You are so fortunate, er blessed, to have Ted & Mili as your parents! They have been such a gift to us to travel with out here. Somehow, buddy boating with them makes us feel a little closer to “home”. With intermittent Internet, we don’t get to update the blog as often as we’d like but we will post on each stop we make. (My mom, dad and Nana get confirmation we’re still doing well ;o). Plus, if you’re on facebook, we get to post a bit more on there as we can do it from our iPhones at http://www.facebook.com/svKaleo. Your dad has most recently taught Matt to spearfish so lots of pics on that coming soon. Looking forward to meeting you one day! Your much-missed parents talk about you guys every day :o).