The cool stuff we did this weekend

           
Last weekend their  were 3 things that we have ether participated in or watched: the 4 of July parade, fireworks, and the King's Swim!  

            The 4th of July parade in Kona took place on Alih'i road that runs parallel to the ocean. The parade started out with these teenagers who sang the national anthem and blow conch shells, then their was the fire department, police,  education, veterans driving in old army cars from the Vietnam war and a bunch of other wars that I don't remember, candidates for Governor, the Mayor, people that dance,  a roller-skating club, Curious George🐒 and much more. At the end of the parade, there were 2 black cars. While we were eating ice cream🍦, one of them was very obnoxious and burnt a ton of rubber right on the road infront of a bunch of kids and a new born baby.🚼🙊It looked like it was foggy and smelled like someone let out a smoke bomb. It was hard to breathe.

           40 minutes after the parade, the city shot fireworks🎆 off the pier, but in the gap between the two, the towns folk decided it would be a good idea to put on there own show on the street with their own sparklers and fire crackers💥. While they were doing that the, street opened to admit a car of tourists who inched there way through the chaos of lit explosives🚙➕🔥🔀😈!!!!!!!  We watched the fire works on one of the many beaches with a lava flow on it from mana loa🌋.  The fireworks were colorful and big!!!! Some  of them went into the air exploded and then exploded again!!!! 💥💥

         The next morning we went to the pier to do the King's Swim. The King's Swim is a swim in honor of the King Kamehameha👸 and was founded by our swim coach one of his buddy's 20 years ago. The swim  starts at the beach just to the left of the pier if you are looking out to sea then the swimmers swim🏊 out to a body Glove Boat that is like .6 miles out and then go back to the other side of the pier to the King Kamehameha Resort which is in the same place where he lived his whole life. I swam it in 38 minutes and 33 seconds, Kayley swam it in 38 minutes and 58 seconds, mommy finished in 38 minutes and 56 seconds (she is faster than Kayley!!!!!!👍), Zander finished in 31 minutes and something seconds and Mia finished in 33 minutes and 28 seconds ( so fast!!! Like a 🐌! JK 🐳).

       Next week Kayley and I are going to do junior lifeguards🏥 down at Kahaluu Beach Park. I hope it'll be fun. Next week (even though Kayley and I are doing JG's and swimming cause mommy and daddy are most likely going to make me) I would like  to go to Pinetrees every day to go 🏄!!!

Bye, 

Sarah