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It's warm here. Even at 4 am.
The air conditioner has a timer on it which I thought I had turned off. Well, I was wrong. I awoke at 4:30 in a pool of sweat. Remember, we're sleeping on an air mattress on top of an overly firm bed. A flocked plastic air mattress. Not a pleasant feeling. At first I thought my husband, who likes to turn our bedroom at home into a sauna, had turned the thing off. He said he did not (when he awoke @ 5:45). That was at about the time the room was finally cool enough to consider trying to go back to sleep. I went back to bed, but not to sleep.
Amazing what two people who love each other can find to do at 5:45am, until the alarm goes off!
Which was too early for my taste today, but we already had tickets to go to Molokini this morning.
We were on the road at 6:50, just enough time to caffienate and make it to the boat launch at Ma'alaea Harbor. The boat boarded at 7:15 and departed 25 minutes later. Very civilized. Coffee, fruit and Danish to snack on, as we sailed to Molokini, lunch after our second stop at turtle town, plus all the snorkle equipment required included for $60 per person (free if you were willing to go to a time share shpiel, which we did not.
Tom and I did a number of snorkle trips like this while we were in Belize last year. LJ was apprehensive about the trip. Snorking squicks him; the feeling he won't be able to breath frightens him. The wet suit he rented helped with both his boyancy and his confidence. To his credit, LJ did spend the majority of each stop in the water. I even got him to swim a good bit away from the boat while we were at turtle town.
I adore staring at fish in their environment. I spotted a humahumanukanukapa'aua right as I got into the water at Molokini. I'm not sure quite why, but knowing the name of what I'm looking at excites me. Moreover, I can glide thru the water, such a liberating feeling. The clarity of the water was rated at 100 feet & since we were only in 40, there was no trouble seeing all the way to the bottom. We were perhaps 100 yards off the shore of the caldera, a straight shot for me. The fish were the thickest near the shallows. I went back and forth from the shallows to the boat 4 times in the 90 minutes we were there. My first trip to the edge brought me so close to a rather large fish, I startled it. It came out from under a coral ledge right in front of me. When it turned and saw me maybe 2 feet away, it gave a fast look in each direction, to quickly access it's best escape route, and after a split second of hesitation, he was out of there.
Too soon it was time to get out of the water. It took us 30 minutes to get over to 'turtle town' just off the coast of Makena. Once again I was the second one into the water. I made it 100 yards of the shore. Lots of fish. No turtles. It was a glorious swim though. It was only a 45 minute stop and with 10 minutes left I turned back to the boat. I was 2/3 of the way back when the made the call for us to come back. Just then a green sea turtle came out from under a ledge to surface for air. This creature came up with such grace, looming as though it was flying through the water. After surfacing he swam right past me, less than 6 feet away. I'm certain we were being checked out. He zig-zagged several times, not taking him further away, but closer to the snorkelers. I can't wait to see my pictures. I'm praying they came out well.
We were back at the pier at 1:30, back at the condo an hour later after a latte. A fast shower, and we decided to pick up where we left of this morning.
I could definitely learn to live like this.
The air conditioner has a timer on it which I thought I had turned off. Well, I was wrong. I awoke at 4:30 in a pool of sweat. Remember, we're sleeping on an air mattress on top of an overly firm bed. A flocked plastic air mattress. Not a pleasant feeling. At first I thought my husband, who likes to turn our bedroom at home into a sauna, had turned the thing off. He said he did not (when he awoke @ 5:45). That was at about the time the room was finally cool enough to consider trying to go back to sleep. I went back to bed, but not to sleep.
Amazing what two people who love each other can find to do at 5:45am, until the alarm goes off!
Which was too early for my taste today, but we already had tickets to go to Molokini this morning.
We were on the road at 6:50, just enough time to caffienate and make it to the boat launch at Ma'alaea Harbor. The boat boarded at 7:15 and departed 25 minutes later. Very civilized. Coffee, fruit and Danish to snack on, as we sailed to Molokini, lunch after our second stop at turtle town, plus all the snorkle equipment required included for $60 per person (free if you were willing to go to a time share shpiel, which we did not.
Tom and I did a number of snorkle trips like this while we were in Belize last year. LJ was apprehensive about the trip. Snorking squicks him; the feeling he won't be able to breath frightens him. The wet suit he rented helped with both his boyancy and his confidence. To his credit, LJ did spend the majority of each stop in the water. I even got him to swim a good bit away from the boat while we were at turtle town.
I adore staring at fish in their environment. I spotted a humahumanukanukapa'aua right as I got into the water at Molokini. I'm not sure quite why, but knowing the name of what I'm looking at excites me. Moreover, I can glide thru the water, such a liberating feeling. The clarity of the water was rated at 100 feet & since we were only in 40, there was no trouble seeing all the way to the bottom. We were perhaps 100 yards off the shore of the caldera, a straight shot for me. The fish were the thickest near the shallows. I went back and forth from the shallows to the boat 4 times in the 90 minutes we were there. My first trip to the edge brought me so close to a rather large fish, I startled it. It came out from under a coral ledge right in front of me. When it turned and saw me maybe 2 feet away, it gave a fast look in each direction, to quickly access it's best escape route, and after a split second of hesitation, he was out of there.
Too soon it was time to get out of the water. It took us 30 minutes to get over to 'turtle town' just off the coast of Makena. Once again I was the second one into the water. I made it 100 yards of the shore. Lots of fish. No turtles. It was a glorious swim though. It was only a 45 minute stop and with 10 minutes left I turned back to the boat. I was 2/3 of the way back when the made the call for us to come back. Just then a green sea turtle came out from under a ledge to surface for air. This creature came up with such grace, looming as though it was flying through the water. After surfacing he swam right past me, less than 6 feet away. I'm certain we were being checked out. He zig-zagged several times, not taking him further away, but closer to the snorkelers. I can't wait to see my pictures. I'm praying they came out well.
We were back at the pier at 1:30, back at the condo an hour later after a latte. A fast shower, and we decided to pick up where we left of this morning.
I could definitely learn to live like this.
