We set off this morning hoping to find turtles, and we did. We went to a few beaches just south of our condo in Kihei, and although there were not as many fish as we have seen at some Maui beaches, there were some pretty corals and, of course, the aforementioned turtles. First we saw a juvenile which was about 1/2 the size of the other (presumably adult) turtles we have seen. One of the beaches had the biggest snails either of us has seen. We spent about 30-45 minutes at each beach, and we ended up at Chang's Beach. We could not believe how soft the sand was there - it felt almost like flour, except it didn't stick to us. At Chang's beach we almost immediately saw a
very large turtle, the largest we have seen yet. It was in such shallow water that we not only got pictures
of the turtle, we got pictures
with the turtle.
Satisfied with our turtle experiences, we went home to shower and change. We had a parasailing reservation at 2, so we headed up to Kaanapali for that. Neither of us had ever been parasailing before, and it was a rush! It's a good thing we wanted to go up together, as Pi didn't weigh enough to go alone (it's been a while since
that happened!) It was so quiet and lovely up there. We were on an eight hundred foot line, so we were way up above everything. We did take some pictures with the same reloadable waterproof 35mm camera we used for the turtle pics. We met a really nice couple from Los Alamitos who got married the same day we did, and they were nice enough to take pictures of us while we were parasailing:
After parasailing, we did some shopping, then we tried to go to north to Kapalua to check some beaches between Lahaina and Honolua Bay that we had not yet vistited. On the way there, we saw what was without a doubt the birghtest, widest, and lowest rainbow of our lives. We got some shots, where it literally looks like it is sitting in the treetops or perhaps on the roof of nearby buildings. As it happened, when we got to Kapalua we asked some departing divers about conditions, and were told it was poor, with perhaps five feet visibility. We decided to go somewhere we knew had good fish and potentially turtles...
We went back to Black Rock. When we got there, we decided to change the film in our waterproof camera, as we only had a few shots left. We tried to rewind the film, but apparently the film had broken, so we exposed and destroyed all of the pictures when we opened the camera. We were heartbroken to have lost our "big turtle" pictues from Chang's, so we bought a professional turtle picture to remind us of the day.
We also did some additional shopping in Lahaina and caught another beautiful sunset. After that, it was back home to Kihei for some food and packing.
We set off this morning hoping to find turtles, and we did. We went to a few beaches just south of our condo in Kihei, and although there were not as many fish as we have seen at some Maui beaches, there were some pretty corals and, of course, the aforementioned turtles. First we saw a juvenile which was about 1/2 the size of the other (presumably adult) turtles we have seen. One of the beaches had the biggest snails either of us has seen. We spent about 30-45 minutes at each beach, and we ended up at Chang's Beach. We could not believe how soft the sand was there - it felt almost like flour, except it didn't stick to us. At Chang's beach we almost immediately saw a very large turtle, the largest we have seen yet. It was in such shallow water that we not only got pictures of the turtle, we got pictures with the turtle.
Satisfied with our turtle experiences, we went home to shower and change. We had a parasailing reservation at 2, so we headed up to Kaanapali for that. Neither of us had ever been parasailing before, and it was a rush! It's a good thing we wanted to go up together, as Pi didn't weigh enough to go alone (it's been a while since that happened!) It was so quiet and lovely up there. We were on an eight hundred foot line, so we were way up above everything. We did take some pictures with the same reloadable waterproof 35mm camera we used for the turtle pics. We met a really nice couple from Los Alamitos who got married the same day we did, and they were nice enough to take pictures of us while we were parasailing:
After parasailing, we did some shopping, then we tried to go to north to Kapalua to check some beaches between Lahaina and Honolua Bay that we had not yet vistited. On the way there, we saw what was without a doubt the birghtest, widest, and lowest rainbow of our lives. We got some shots, where it literally looks like it is sitting in the treetops or perhaps on the roof of nearby buildings. As it happened, when we got to Kapalua we asked some departing divers about conditions, and were told it was poor, with perhaps five feet visibility. We decided to go somewhere we knew had good fish and potentially turtles... 
We went back to Black Rock. When we got there, we decided to change the film in our waterproof camera, as we only had a few shots left. We tried to rewind the film, but apparently the film had broken, so we exposed and destroyed all of the pictures when we opened the camera. We were heartbroken to have lost our "big turtle" pictues from Chang's, so we bought a professional turtle picture to remind us of the day. 
We also did some additional shopping in Lahaina and caught another beautiful sunset. After that, it was back home to Kihei for some food and packing.
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