WEBVTT 1 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:47.000 Welcome to 2TravelDads podcast. Here we share our favorite destinations, travel tips, stories from our adventures, and bring on awesome guests to share insights into their travelsome lives. Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and check out our detailed show notes at 2traveldads.com/podcast-episodes. Welcome back to another episode of 2TravelDads Podcast. I'm Rob and today I've got two special guests with me. First up, we have got Mr. Elliott Taylor. 2 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:48.000 Hello. 3 00:00:47.000 --> 00:01:21.000 Hello. Who is a charming nine year old fellow. And we are going to dig into our Hawaiian UnCruise that we just got back from, and then Oliver will join us, who is twelve, and he'll share his thoughts and opinions on stuff. So, yeah, here we go, Elliot. Let's chit chat. Well, first of all, let's kind of say what we did. We went to Hawaii and do you remember where we started our sailing? 4 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:23.000 I actually forgot. 5 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:33.000 That's okay. We sailed from the big island from Kailuakona to. Do you remember what island we ended on? 6 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:34.000 No. 7 00:01:34.000 --> 00:02:00.000 Molokai. Molokai. We sailed from the big island around Maui and Molokai and Lanai and then ended on Molokai. So that was our loose itinerary. But I know you had a favorite experience that you wanted to start with, even though it was in the middle of the trip. So do you remember what was the super duper cool and amazing thing that you got to do on lanai? 8 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:36.000 So me and my brother and some more people got to do a cat sanctuary, and it had like seniors kittens, and there was this one really cute kitten and it was actually quite small and for some reason it had to follow me around in the kittens area. 9 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:49.000 Oh, that sounds adorable. I didn't go with you there, and I kind of wish I would have. I went hiking instead, and my hike was really pretty, but I think all the kitties. Do you remember how many kitties were at the lanai cat sanctuary? 10 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:52.000 I think like 700. 11 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:56.000 Yeah, 700. They said that normally it's about 500. 12 00:02:56.000 --> 00:03:00.000 Kitties, but they rescued 200 last year. 13 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:09.000 Exactly. Because of the fires that happened in Maui. Yeah. So that's a lot of kitties. Were they friendly? Were there cranky cats? 14 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:25.000 Well, there wasn't that many cats that wanted to follow us, but there were a few. There were a few, but the rest just either just laid there or they would just run away. 15 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:27.000 Oh, that happens. 16 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:29.000 Or they're just nervous. 17 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:42.000 Yeah. What's something else fun that we did that you really enjoyed? Did you have a favorite snorkeling spot? Did you have a favorite whale experience. What was something else that you really enjoyed? 18 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:49.000 I really liked when we were snorkeling at an area called shark fin. 19 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:52.000 Shark fin was some of the coolest snorkeling. That was so pretty. 20 00:03:52.000 --> 00:04:00.000 And we had our first experience with a animal called the Monk seal. 21 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:15.000 Oh, yeah. So actually, was it somewhere else? It was somewhere else, but shark fin was amazing. We'll talk about that in a second. We got to see the monk seal at Olualu on Maui. Tell us more, though. What else did we see with the monk seal? 22 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:19.000 Well, dad spotted, like, octopus. 23 00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:25.000 That was at shark Fin. I think we snorkeled so much that it all got kind of mixed up. 24 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:26.000 Yeah. 25 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:37.000 So at Oluwalu, when we saw the monk seal, we also got to see some sea turtles. Right. And do you remember when we were at Oluwalu in November, we also saw turtles. 26 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:38.000 Oh, yeah. 27 00:04:38.000 --> 00:05:02.000 It's a pretty great snorkeling. Yeah, yeah. But the monk seal was really cool, and he was very graceful in the water, and he kind of gave us the side eye as he swam by, which I'm glad he didn't want to come hang out because I would have gotten nervous. But then shark fin, that was where we saw the octopus. That was really cool. Do you remember what else was really cool about snorkeling at shark fin? 28 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:06.000 No. Oh, like the wall of fish. 29 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:09.000 The wall of fish. Yeah. That was pretty awesome. 30 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:14.000 There were, like, angel fish and pyramid fish. 31 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:18.000 Yeah. Were those pyramid butterfly fish is what they were called? 32 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:19.000 I think so, yeah. 33 00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:46.000 And there were pufferfish, box fish. It was really cool. That was one of the coolest places because there were so many. Not just fish, but such bright fish. That was the brightest group of fish I've ever seen. Yeah, I know. I talked to Oliver about this, but when we were doing our thing, could you hear the whales in the water? 34 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:47.000 Yes. 35 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:49.000 Yeah. What did you think about that? 36 00:05:49.000 --> 00:06:04.000 I don't think it was very far away because you could really hear it, but Oliver and Papa didn't hear it, and I actually don't know why. 37 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:40.000 I know. I felt like it was super loud. And when we watch all the video that I took underwater, you can hear the whales in each one doing their. That's my best whale sound. Do you want to give a whale sound a go? No. Okay, that's fine. Yeah. No, each place that we went snorkeling, that was something that was really cool. So we had three big snorkels. So we did Kayala kakua Bay at the Big island. That's the captain cook one. Were you with me for that or did I have Oliver with me for, um. I think it was you. 38 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:43.000 And was you because Oliver spotted the octopus. 39 00:06:43.000 --> 00:07:03.000 Oh, that's right. Because there was the octopus at the first one and Oliver and Papa got to see it and we didn't. But we got another one at another time, so that was good. So we went snorkeling there at the big island, and then we did a nighttime snorkel with manta rays at a different spot than we did before. And this time it wasn't so good. 40 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:05.000 Yeah, saw like three or four. 41 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:24.000 Yeah. When we went in November, we saw like twelve, and that was amazing. This time the manta rays weren't really feeling it and it was a really sandy spot, too, so it was a little different. And then we had Olawalu and shark fin. Yeah, those were all great snorkels. So what else did you want to talk about? You were just saying you had something that you wanted to. 42 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:36.000 What I really want to talk about, too, is how I kind of got to work with Julia, the chef that makes all the pastries. 43 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:37.000 Yeah. 44 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:38.000 Okay. 45 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:38.000 Tell us all about that. 46 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:39.000 Okay. 47 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:59.000 So there was actually a lot of steps, and I feel like since there was like 15 yards of steps, that we were kind of underwater but still dry. 48 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:15.000 Oh, I see what you're saying. Yeah. So where the galley is where you guys would do your baking, you had to go over that threshold and down into the belly of the ship, which, you're right, that was in the underwater portion of the boat. And what did you help with? 49 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:35.000 So I helped with some puff pastries. I got to fold and shape them. We tried to do chocolate, but actually they exploded. 50 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:40.000 Well, it sounds like baking on the ship is kind of like baking at home. It's kind of hit and miss. 51 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:51.000 Yeah, kind of cool. But we also did like mango and guava and mixed berry and raspberry. 52 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:53.000 Cool. 53 00:08:53.000 --> 00:09:00.000 You guys were productive people. Who else did you really enjoy hanging out with on the ship? 54 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:08.000 I really liked to hang out with three people who usually work at the bar. 55 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:09.000 Okay. 56 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:14.000 And they are Tam, Dorian and. 57 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:16.000 Ah, yeah. 58 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:30.000 And CJ. And dorian work on other ships, too. And CJ will be on the. Is it the legacy? 59 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:33.000 Yeah, the wilderness legacy when we go on in June. 60 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:42.000 Yeah. And Dorian, I actually don't know, but I know he goes on other boat. 61 00:09:42.000 --> 00:09:46.000 Yeah. That'd be cool if he was on our ship, too, but I don't think he's going to be on our ship this next time. 62 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:47.000 Andy will. 63 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:50.000 Yeah. Andy will Captain Andy. That'll be awesome. 64 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:57.000 And Tam, she just works on the Safari explorer. 65 00:09:57.000 --> 00:09:58.000 Got it. 66 00:09:57.000 --> 00:09:58.000 Okay. 67 00:09:58.000 --> 00:09:59.000 I like Tam. She was cool. 68 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:00.000 Yeah. 69 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:10.000 So, is there anything else you wanted to specifically talk about? Did you learn anything interesting during our week on board? 70 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:11.000 Yeah. 71 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:12.000 Okay. 72 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:18.000 That some hawaiian songs were inspired by different fruits. 73 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:19.000 Okay. 74 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:23.000 But some of the fruits aren't actually native to Hawaii. 75 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:24.000 Oh, that's true. 76 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:25.000 Cool. 77 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:33.000 And so, our. Geez, what's his main job? 78 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:34.000 Who, Sam? 79 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:35.000 Yeah. 80 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:40.000 Sam's one of our expedition leaders, but he's also chief ukulele engineer. 81 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:41.000 Yep. 82 00:10:41.000 --> 00:11:03.000 And we call him Sam the man. And he made a presentation all about songs. And so I knew a few of those songs. My favorite was lava. 83 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:07.000 Oh, I. Lava you. Do you want to sing a little of it? No. 84 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:08.000 Okay. 85 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:16.000 But there was one very weird song to me that was called Guava Jelly. 86 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:20.000 Oh, guava Jelly. I think that was Sam's favorite song. 87 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:25.000 Yeah. And Sam was also a seahorse guy. 88 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:26.000 Yeah. 89 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:33.000 He worked at the Seahorse farm in. 90 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:34.000 Yeah. 91 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:35.000 Cool. Yeah. 92 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:50.000 Well, I loved having all that time on board with you, and you were great. You were good about doing your homework, hanging out either in the library or the lounge, doing that. So that was great. And we got to see so many whales. Did you like watching the whales or the dolphins? 93 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:51.000 More dolphins. 94 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:54.000 Why? 95 00:11:54.000 --> 00:12:18.000 I liked the spotted dolphins because some of them would slow down and then speed up. But the spinner dolphins, I just liked how they were jumping and spinning, and we actually saw, like, 175 whales. 96 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:20.000 Is that what the final count was? 97 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:21.000 I think so, yeah. 98 00:12:21.000 --> 00:12:27.000 It was something crazy. And we saw him jumping, reaching, and. 99 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:32.000 Something they were doing very weird. Was just slapping their tails against the water. 100 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:46.000 Yeah, that was really cool. There was that one that was really close to the boat, and when I was watching him, when he'd slap, I could feel the hoomp, like, the kind of the pound of the sound. You could feel it kind of, like, hit your chest. 101 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:48.000 It was really cool. 102 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:50.000 Yeah, super neat. 103 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:51.000 Well, cool. 104 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:56.000 Thanks for sharing with me. It was great. There's something else you want to share? 105 00:12:56.000 --> 00:13:03.000 And usually we learned that Hawaiians actually used to eat dog. 106 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:05.000 Oh, we did. Where did we learn that? 107 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:08.000 I feel like it was some sort of monastery. 108 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:10.000 Oh, was that when we were at the. 109 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:11.000 The. 110 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:14.000 In the halava valley? Yeah, Mr. Greg taught us about that. 111 00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:19.000 And also, what was it that we got to try? 112 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:25.000 Poi. Oh, that's right. There was the poi that we had. What's poi made out of? 113 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:26.000 Root. 114 00:13:26.000 --> 00:14:08.000 Yeah, tarot root. That was pretty cool. So when we went to the holle, we got to visit. You're making the funniest face. We got to visit a really cool family who have lived in the halava valley for hundreds of years, farming. And then when the big tidal wave hit Molokai, I think, what was it, 1947 or something, it wiped out everything. And so they rebuilt, and now they're the only family there. And it was a really cool, interesting place to visit. And we got to try their farmed goods and talk about all kinds of different traditional hawaiian life things. 115 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:36.000 And also there was a hawaiian greeting that was like, forehead to forehead and nose to nose. And how many people were going there always had to do it to greet them. Also, they had to bring a gift and put it on stones. 116 00:14:36.000 --> 00:15:07.000 That was really interesting. We learned a lot there. And the thing that is funny, because I get kind of uncomfortable around people I don't know. And so when I saw that we were going to be going forehead to forehead, nose to nose, to greet people, I got really anxious. But then everybody else was doing it, and it felt really normal. And Mr. Greg made a really good point that that sort of greeting, when that's offered to you, it's rude to not accept. That'd be like not accepting a handshake from somebody. 117 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:08.000 Yeah. 118 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:15.000 I was like, that's an interesting way to look at it. And that was a great insight into that sort of hawaiian culture. I loved it. 119 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:16.000 Yeah. 120 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:17.000 Anything else you want to share about? 121 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:18.000 No. 122 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:18.000 Okay, cool. 123 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:25.000 Thank you for joining me, Elliot. I love hearing what you enjoyed, and I can't wait to do Alaska with you this summer. 124 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:26.000 Anytime. 125 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:38.000 Excellent. Now I've got Oliver with me, and he is going to also share what he enjoyed of our uncruised experience in Hawaii. Welcome back to the sir. 126 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:40.000 Hello. Hello. 127 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:52.000 So, where would you like to start? Elliot had a little bit of talk about snorkeling, a little bit of talk about cats. What was your favorite activity that we did across that whole week at sea? 128 00:15:52.000 --> 00:16:00.000 I really liked all the snorkeling we did because we saw lots of cool animals, including fish and sea turtles and octopus. 129 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:06.000 There was octopus, that's true. Which was your favorite snorkeling spot? 130 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:15.000 I really liked Kiyali kakua Bay. Yeah, that one's pretty cool. And Olawalu, where we saw the sea turtle. 131 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:25.000 Yeah. And it was funny because when we went to Olawalu back in November, it was super duper clear, remember? And then this time it was kind of, I don't know, a little turbid. 132 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:27.000 It was deeper here, too. 133 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:49.000 It was because. Yeah, we were at a different part of the bay, but it was pretty great. And you guys have gotten really good at snorkeling, which is awesome. And so with the snorkeling and snorkeling. Olawalu, was there something about the way we did it that you really liked? Do you prefer to go from shore? Do you like going off the skiff? What's your preferred snorkeling method these days? 134 00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:55.000 I think it's easier to go off the shore because you just sort of, like, get in at your own pace. 135 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:56.000 Okay. 136 00:16:55.000 --> 00:17:02.000 But getting off a boat is really fun because there's less time for cool creatures to get away, so you get to see a lot more. 137 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:18.000 That's true. That's a great point. What do you think about? I know that it was kind of turbid when we did our manta race snorkel because we were in a sandy spot and the waves were a little bit rough. What'd you think about the nighttime manta ray snorkeling? 138 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:27.000 I thought it was really interesting because there weren't actually that much mana rays the night we were doing it, but there were lots of pipe fish. 139 00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:28.000 Oh, yeah. 140 00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:44.000 And they kept swinging over, eating the plankton, because once your eyes really adjust through the water, you see just all the plankton going through. And I'm not sure, but I'm pretty sure I heard Elliot say that you saw an octopus or a baby octopus. 141 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:45.000 We did. 142 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:49.000 Yeah. There was a little, tiny little octopus guy who was kind of floating past us. 143 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:51.000 Yeah, it was pretty sweet. Cool. 144 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:55.000 What else did you enjoy? 145 00:17:55.000 --> 00:18:16.000 The boat itself was really cool. The boat had, like, a game room. It had a living room or just a lounge. Had its own restaurant built in. And sometimes you could actually just go into the front of the captain's area and look out and see what's happening. 146 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:18.000 Oh, cool. I didn't know you went up to the bridge. 147 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:19.000 Yeah. 148 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:19.000 Cool. 149 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:22.000 Who was up there? Was it Captain Andy, or was it Tiffany? 150 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:30.000 Well, Captain Andy was there, and so was Tara. You asked me to go up there to get her because of the red wing traffic bird. 151 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:36.000 Oh, that's right. Yes. Tara got very upset when I would see wildlife and not get her. She was our expedition leader. 152 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:38.000 Cool. Yeah. 153 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:47.000 What else? Come on, tell me all about it. We had a whole week of exploring. You seemed like you were really jamming out and excited about different things. 154 00:18:47.000 --> 00:19:06.000 I think the skiff tours were also really cool because you just go around getting sprayed in the face with lots of water, but then you're just cruising along. Then you see a whale breach a couple hundred yards off. That's just going. 155 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:18.000 Yeah, that's pretty cool. And then we did our kayaking and stuff as well, which it didn't look like you were enjoying that super. A lot. But also, I know you're an observer. 156 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:20.000 Yeah. I'm not a paddler. 157 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:23.000 You're not a paddler at all. True story. 158 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:25.000 Good times. 159 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:35.000 So we did some good kayaking. What did you think of when we went up the Hualalai volcano on the big island and did our lava tube hike? 160 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:45.000 I thought that was pretty interesting because I learned a lot of things that I didn't really know, like laws about harvesting coal wood and about all the different native plants. 161 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:46.000 Yeah. 162 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:51.000 What did you think of the lava flows itself? Did that make sense to you? Kind of what we were looking at. 163 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:55.000 Sort of made sense, yeah. We saw lots of birds on the hike. 164 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:57.000 That's true. Yes. 165 00:19:57.000 --> 00:20:02.000 We saw an apapane nest with little eggs inside. 166 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:14.000 Oh, that's right. In the lava tube. We saw the apapane nest. And then did you get to see the eevee? Yeah, I love those. Those are the bright red honey creepers with the really curved beaks. 167 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:15.000 The orange beaks. 168 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:19.000 Yeah. Orange, red. Potato, potato. 169 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:20.000 Whatever floats your boat. 170 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:30.000 Whatever floats your boat. That was the hike where I slipped and I broke my phone, but I didn't break my camera. Thank goodness. 171 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:38.000 There was this one point where just everybody kept falling. Five people fell, including, like, the hike expedition leader. He fell, too. 172 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:39.000 Yeah. 173 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:40.000 Good times. 174 00:20:40.000 --> 00:21:04.000 But it was fun and it was pretty. And that was a really cool hike. I really enjoyed that. I enjoyed going through the lava tube, which is like an open cave. It was super interesting. Let's see, what else did we do on Molokai? We went out to the hale in the Halawa Valley. Elliot talked a little bit about this. What'd you think about that? Did you learn anything interesting? 175 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:05.000 Yeah, I thought it was really cool. 176 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:21.000 We didn't get to do much of the stuff we were planning to do there because it was all sort of rainy, but we learned about a lot of the fruit and vegetables they grow there. And we got to try the. It's not poi, but it's like, we have to research something. 177 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:43.000 Pohina? Is that what it was called? I couldn't remember. Elliot just called it poi, and I let him roll with it. And then that was also where we learned about those different customs. And we got to see how he blew into the conc shell. That was cool. Let's see. We did so much stuff. I'm racking my brain. 178 00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:45.000 It was that day where we. 179 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:58.000 I think the place is called lanai, where we went. Like, we actually got to go to shore and do all that cool stuff. Me, my brother, and my papa, we went to a cat sanctuary. 180 00:21:58.000 --> 00:22:05.000 Yeah. Tell us the story of the cat sanctuary. I didn't get to go there, so I don't really know too much. 181 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:44.000 So the cat sanctuary, it's not, like, in a really sort of, like, suburban, rural, that sort of area, anyway. It's this huge place. Like, a huge enclosure. Like, there are certain enclosures. Like, there's one for older cats, there's one for younger cats, there's one for cats with special needs, all sorts of cats. And when you first enter, they gave you a little bag of cat treats. The second you stepped into the first enclosure, ten cats would come and crawl all over you. And when you actually went to one of the seas and sat down, five cats would come and sit all in your lap. 182 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:46.000 So, friendly cats. 183 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:48.000 Yes, very friendly cats. 184 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:57.000 Thank you for not bringing one home, because. Yeah, I don't think that Biju would have enjoyed that, but it looks like your face says you wanted to bring one home. 185 00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:58.000 Good times. 186 00:22:58.000 --> 00:23:04.000 Whale watching. That's something else that I really wanted to chat with you about. 187 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:05.000 Good times. 188 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:15.000 I'm losing my speech abilities. Something really cool that I got to hear a couple of times was the hydrophone. Do you remember using the hydrophone? 189 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:16.000 Yeah. 190 00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:18.000 Tell us about that. 191 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:38.000 So the hydrophone is basically just like a microphone you put into the water, and you hear all the stuff that's happening, and when you put it into the water at the spot we were at, you could hear all the whale song. It was like, kind of like a super high, but low pitched ambulance siren. 192 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:48.000 That's a really good way to describe it, actually. Yeah. And, gosh, when you got to hear the hydrophone, there were, I don't know, what, seven, eight different whale songs going on all at once. 193 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:54.000 Yeah, but it's not like the whales are really close, because you can hear a whale song from, like, a hundred miles away. 194 00:23:54.000 --> 00:24:05.000 Yeah, but there were also so many whales there in that Maui nui area between Maui, Molokai, and Lanai, that, gosh, they were probably all screaming at us. 195 00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:06.000 Breach here, breach there. 196 00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:11.000 Oh, it was craziness. It was funny. I took thousands of pictures. 197 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:12.000 Good times. 198 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:27.000 So, after a week at sea, what was your absolute favorite aspect of our UnCruise? Is it something related to the ship? Was it an activity? Was it the crew? What was your favorite takeaway? 199 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:34.000 I think that the whole thing was equally cool because the activities were fun, the boat was fun, the food was good. 200 00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:35.000 Cool. 201 00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:38.000 So just holistically awesome. 202 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:39.000 Yes. 203 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:41.000 All right. Are you excited for our June sailing? 204 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:42.000 Yes. 205 00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:53.000 Excellent. And then, so we didn't talk about it when Papa and I recorded another podcast episode about UnCruise. But if you were going to pick one other cruise to do, what would it be? 206 00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:54.000 Cabo. 207 00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:56.000 Cabo. 208 00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:58.000 So you want to do the Baja California? 209 00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:59.000 Yeah. 210 00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:00.000 Why? 211 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:13.000 Well, I've been there before and it's super awesome. I've gone there on my birthday a couple of times in Mexico, which is super cool. The beaches are super nice, there's lots of turtles and fun things you can do. 212 00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:14.000 Cool. 213 00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:15.000 So you want to do the cruise down there? 214 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:16.000 Yes. 215 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:16.000 Okay. 216 00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:18.000 I'll work on it. I'll work on it. 217 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:21.000 But hopefully early November. 218 00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:23.000 Oh, you want to do it for your birthday? 219 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:24.000 Well, yeah, that'll be fun. 220 00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:26.000 That would be fun. 221 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:27.000 Cool. 222 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:36.000 Well, thank you for joining me and for sharing your thoughts and opinions and feelings. We will have you back again to talk about something else, probably Peru when we get back from Peru. 223 00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:37.000 Yeah. 224 00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:59.000 Thanks so much for tuning in. Be sure to hit that subscribe button and share this with a friend that you want to go and experience an UnCruise with. And don't forget, if you go to slash podcast episodes, you can leave your own questions for us to answer in a podcast episode. So until next time, thanks for listening, and we'll talk to you later. 225 00:25:59.000 --> 00:26:00.000 Goodbye. 226 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:24.000 2TravelDads Podcast is created by Rob and Chris Taylor in St. Augustine, Florida. We'd love to answer your questions here on the podcast, providing both our experience and stories to share our own insights into whatever you're wondering about. Visit 2traveldads.com/podcast-episodes to leave your questions and to check out past episodes and show notes. 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