Hello again everybody from beautiful Hawaii. My sources on the mainland tell me that it’s raining a great deal back in Chicago, so I feel a little apprehensive about rubbing Hawaii in your face. That being said; here goes. I’m sitting on the lanai right now (that’s Hawaiian for patio) with my brother Mike, enjoying some delicious Kona blend coffee. Seems kind of gay really, if he weren’t my brother… The view you see above is ours, taken with my computer’s built in camera.

Yesterday we went diving at Molokini Crater, which is a big crescent shaped volcanic formation off the coast of Maui. On our way out to the crater, we encountered a pod of about 50-60 dolphins that began swimming along side our boat, giving us a perfect view of their rubbery goodness. Some of them, mainly the little guys, even took to some acrobatics leaping out of the water as if they were trained at Sea World.

The dives were awesome. Our first expedition was on the inside of the crater with a bottom time of about 50 minutes and a maximum depth of 75 feet. Yep. Sorry for whipping it out on you, but SCUBA is definitely sexy. For the second dive, we hit up a sunken fishing vessel a little bit closer to shore that was about 60 feet deep. We were actually able to swim inside the ship, and up into an air pocket where we could remove our regulators and have a conversation 60 feet below sea level. Pretty wild. Also inside the ship was a giant sea turtle, probably about 3-4 feet in diameter.
I pet his shell, and he bobbed his head at me. There was definitely a connection.

Following the diving expedition, the family, including Pat’s fiancé Rachel, went over to Whaler’s Village where we enjoyed a delicious meal on the beach right as the sun was setting. It was truly a perfect day, and I wish you could all be here to enjoy it too. Who knows, maybe someday we can bring OUR show over here. Hey, it could happen.