That’s 45 TONS of humpback whale breaching
 on the surface of the water.  These guys weigh
 a ton per foot!  Doesn’t he look like he’s taking
 a bow for his adoring fans?  He was actually
 quite romantic, our boat captain dropped a microphone under water so we could hear him 
sing his mating song.  We must have seen 40 
whales in our 2 hour trip – January is definitely
 a good month for whale watching in Hawaii.
Black sand, created by ocean crushed lava in the
 lush Waipio Valley.  Some of Jurassic Park was
 filmed here.
Mike is demonstrating where he’ll hit the ball,
 just like Babe Ruth, who planted this tree in 1933!   Just a sapling then, it’s now massive,
 several stories high, just like the Babe’s reputation.
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