[ProfessorM]

Make sure you take lots of pics and digital movies so you can drag them out on nites like this. I am going to do so tonite with the family and enjoy a nice walk thru a lush tropical botanical garden in Hilo. Thanks for the reminder on how much I miss the place. Like he said you may, heck will, not want to come back. Just the smell of the place is intoxicating. I met a little old lady in Hilo that I buy flowers from for the wife, and me, from every anniversary and valentines day. Going on 12 years now. The big island has some awesome fishing but you will not be going there I think, so no need to tell you. The funny part is I talked to a charter guy and he told me they start trolling before they get past the breakwater. He said the water is like a few thousand feet deep less than a quarter mile off shore. Then again Mauna Loa is the highest mountain in the world if measured from the sea floor so the water is very deep. Please share some pics when you get back.