Saturday, January 12, 2013

Damn, Saturday already.  Time really does fly when you are in Maui.  Yesterday we began the day by going snorkeling at Ulua Beach.  There were more fish than we had seen on previous visits.  It was rather exciting to have them all swimming around you, even swimming up and looking at us through our goggles.  The whales sang the whole time.  I know I spent a lot of time not breathing, just listening.  It is breath taking music. We spent quite a bit of time in the water.  Of course, it took me ages to get all my equipment organized to my taste but it was worth it.  No leaks in the goggles this time.  We were there by 8:00 so were back to the condo in time for a breakfast of ham, eggs and toast on the lanai.  Lovely.
Kamaole beach in the afternoon (our beach), but though the wind was up it wasn't good for the boogey boards.  The waves died too soon.  We swam a bit and read.  The water seemed cooler but it was probably just our imagination.  Another tremendous whale show (yesterdays was so good) .  It is awe inspiring to see a huge whale leap right out of the water and splash back down into the water when it breaches.
Roy BBQ'd steak for dinner.  Candle light on the lanai (we spend almost all our condo time there).  We were in bed early; either it's the fresh air or the time change but we play out early.  Watched 1/2 hourof the Dakar first.
On to today, Saturday:  We were to White Rock beach by 8:30 to go snorkeling.  We checked  places to snorkel yesterday after we snorkeled.  It is a beautiful beach and we tried both ends of the beach.  Yahoo! Finally saw a GREEN SEA TURTLE but only one.  We were led to believe there would be lots of them.  There weren't as many fish as yesterday but the coral formations were more interesting and bigger.  Some divers were disappointed to only see one turtle too so guess it wasn't that we were not observant enough.  What a great way to start the day!
Back to the condo for coffee and toast.  Roy is carving now and I am going to work on my Grandmother's Flower Garden hexies before lunch.

Linda didn't mention that the beach we went this morning to snorkle is called White Rock.  Sounds familiar.  The beach is surrounded by multimillion dollar homes and is not too busy we are told because tourists think the beach belongs to the people in these homes.  Actually there is only a small entrance place to this beach and most of open land to the beach has no trespassing signs on it.  It is a lovely beach and we first snorkled on the north end of it and then walked down with our gear and snorkled the south end.  There are major rock out croppings going into the water at both ends which the coral hook up to.  Another beach we found yestday (Friday) was little beach.  There is a small opening in a high rock wall and a very small sign at the entrance.  The only way we noticed it was because some people were coming out with swimming gear.  The beach is less than 75 meters across with high natural rock on 3 sides.  The beach is sandy with only a small sand entrance into the ocean.  A beautiful secluded spot with only a very few people there.  There were some Hawaiian young men picking a typle of mussle off the rocks and they offered us some.  When we declined they said they were great raw, but better on the BBQ.  To demonstrate they cut the meat out of a couple and ate them.  Enough about yesterday.  Today after we had lunch we decided to a shopping area which we have seen but never been in.  First though we stopped to get Linda a new swimming suite. The one she used yesterday afternoon, the elastic had gone and she was concerned she might be swimming in her birthday suit.  It only took a few minutes and she had one.  Next stop Boss Frogs for a new water proof packet.  I put the car keys in the one we bought last year, and when we got out of the water today, there was water inside and Linda found a hole in it.  If the keys are damaged it is $250 to replace the key.  Fortunately being a belt and suspenders guy I put the keys in a ziplock bag before putting it in the water proof packet so no damage done.  The shopping area was kind of neat, it was a bit like a farmers market without the produce.  Linda was able to get a cover up to wear to the beach, which she wanted. We might go back a purchase some spirals, they were spectacular.  After getting back to the condo we got ready and headed to our beach.  We spent the rest of the day swimming, reading and walking on the beach.  We stayed until the sun went down, another beautiful sunset with a huge crowd sitting and watching.  While we were watching 2 whales put on a show breeching and putting there tales out of the water.  The crowd cheered and clapped. Home to make supper and have a snack of poke while we waited tomorrow is a new day and the Dakar is on.