Captain Cook, Hawai'i

We're in Captain Cook, Hawai'i, having a great time. The town is named for Cook's stops in the nearby bay. On the first, he re-discovered the Hawai'ian islands and was treated like a god. He sailed away, came limping back a few days later with a broken mast, and was brained with a shark-tooth club in a skirmish over a longboat stolen for its nails. I don't think we'll be stopping back here after we leave. "Blue Latitudes" seems like a good book although my fellow travelers keep reading it before I can.
Spent several days in Maui with S's family. Did all the mandatory things -- beach day, resort day (got kicked out of the guest only pool despite spending about twice the cost of my Memphis Motel 6 room at the bar), snorkeling day, volcano day, Mama's Fish House (delicious) and Luau. The Luau was total tourist cheese, Velveeta at that. G said she'd walk out if they sang "Tiny Bubbles". They did; she did. Beautiful beach though.
S and I went diving yesterday and saw eels, wrasse, trigger fish, huge blowfish, and of course the
state fish, the Humuhumunukunukuapua'a. We're staying at a B&B where the managers
lived for a few years in Flower Mound, a few in Austin, a few in San
Miguel de Allende, and several in So. Cal. We leave for Volcanoes Nat'l Park
this morning, with a stop at a black sand beach along the way.
So Aloha