The new day brings sunlight and lighter to the kids and a mom with a much
better stomach. Breakfast is quick and we are out the door searching for a new
micro SD card for my dive mask video cam as we filled the little 4GB one we
brought with us.
Today we decided to check out a new beach and section of reef. We drove a
few minutes up the road to Ulua Beach and hit the water right away. The
snorkeling was amazing. Great rock out croppings and lots of coral. It was
about as colorful and perfect as Hawaii gets. As we watched the first sea
turtle we saw come over the coral towards us, and the kids and dad swam after
him, I noted the position of a second resting turtle. Cam and I tried to keep
up with the first turtle, but with her sometimes riding me like a horse and
other times between my less roar on my legs, swimming is not the easiest thing
to do at any kind of pace. Instead, my attention wandered out to sea where a
large Ono or Wahoo was carefully watching us pass. When they kids finished
following turtle number 1, I suggested they follow me back to where I saw the
second one. Cam and I hovered above him just as he decided it was time to come
up for air. He emerged and surfaced about five feet away from us. Cam, who
doesn't put her face in the water, was ecstatic to see this creature putting his
head out of the water as he gulped in air several times. She loved looked at
his shell and when he went back down she continued to call out to him "Come back
turtle. Come out come out whereever you are!". And other cute and silly things
trying to convince him to come up. Under the water as he was finding a new
resting place, a third a turtle swam by us on his merry way. Fabulous.
Back on the beach it was time for burying children and building sad
castles. Grant noticed in the five minutes we sat in the sun, he had a new darker tan line already showing on his legs and promptly got back into his shirt
before he was as red as the slate pencil urchins we were avoiding in the water.
Very smart as the sun was a beating down today! We let the kids play for about
half an hour before we figured it was time to get them out of the sun.
A trip to Kahului was decided. We needed some rum for our Mai tai's and
it's a good way to waste a couple hours of the hottest part of the day. The
Costco cafe also makes these great ice cream bars dipped in a thick rich
chocolate and covered with a large amount of almonds. OMG was that heaven and
way to large for any one person to happily eat.
Back at the condo, it was time to spend a couple hours at the pool. The
kids enjoy that time most off all. It tastes so much better then the ocean and
there is no waves. I love the hot tub and the fact it's the only place we get
wifi.
Now it's time to mix up some of the Mai tais and enjoy a quiet evening.
Tomorrow the alarm is set for the summit. Hopefully we get there this
time!
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