We got
up early this morning and hurried to the harbor. After a brief check in
and a little shuffling around, we boarded the boat for our Molokini snorkeling
tour! On the way to Molokini we were served fruit and pastries for
breakfast and the girls were full of wiggles and excitement. At Molokini
we got a brief snorkeling lesson (for the girls since it was their first time),
suited up, and went barreling down the slide into the water. I partnered
with A for most of the time and we saw plenty of fish. There were lots of
black fish, yellow tangs, Moorish idols, urchins and corals to see.
Unfortunately we did not see the jellyfish that stung A’s arm.
Luckily she’s a tough kid and with a little hydrocortisone cream, she was
okay. At the second snorkeling site, Turtle Arches, we were disappointed
to see no sea turtles and very few fish. The water was much rougher and
the group was too crowded together. So not as fun as the first site, plus
the girls were wearing out. We had lunch on the boat and A actually fell
asleep in her seat. L and E went to the junior naturalist class and
learned about sea turtles. And then we got to see one swimming along side
the boat!
We
returned to the house (getting shave ice on the way!), did a quick clean up,
tucked a sea sick Papa into bed and headed for the Haleakala crater. I
was grateful to not be driving with the sharp turns and steep drops and we
climbed in elevation. Driving through the clouds was incredible, so
fluffy and thick like we could reach out and touch them. At the summit,
we piled out to explore. The girls found an observation room and decided
that in this most spectacular spot, in this exotic paradise on our wildest
dreams incredible vacation, that they wanted to play “Mother May I?” So
husband and I enjoyed the view while they played. They were charming and
happy and had a great time. Soon we watched the sunset with a brilliant
display of colors (sometimes aided by husband’s red lensed sunglasses) and
eventually found our way home.
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