Snorkeling

Today was our first excursion in Maui. We went snorkeling at Molokini crater and to turtle town. We got up at 5:30am Hawaii time which would be 10:30am Texas time to get ready to snorkel our check in time was at 6:30am. Rick and I got up early so that we could find out where this boat was at. Once we found it we headed across the street for some coffee and caffeine. The boat served up some pineapple and muffins for breakfast and then we set sail for Molokini crater. It took about an hour to get out there, but it was so beautiful. Here are some of the pictures I took on the way out to Molokini.

We stayed at Molokini for about 2 hours snorkeling and looking at all of the colorful fish. Let me tell you the water is very salty but so crystal clear, nothing like the Gulf water that's for sure.

Isn't that water just beautiful. This is the backside of Molokini crater.

Here is a picture of the crystal blue water and in the middle of the picture you can see one of the llitte fishes. I will have to figure out how to get my underwater camera picture on here. I took some really good ones. Just hope they turn out ok. Saw tons of fish and a manowar. Really pretty. But on the underwater camera. Sorry no digital camera pics of that or the Huge Sea Turtles.. We went to another location to see the sea turtles. They were awesome. Would swim right up to you and beside you. BUT DON'T TOUCH THEM IT'S A 5 THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE!!! After all of this swimming we sure did swim up an appetite. So the guides made some kind of BBQ Chicken with a good sauce and some tunafish salad, really good. When we get ready to head back to the harbor one of the guides found a baby octupus I got to hold it. IT WAS GREAT, STICKY AND SLIMEY all at the same time.. Here are some pictures of me and one of the guides with the Octupus. Note rick didn't take a very good picture of the octupus in my hand but oh well still a good memory.

When we got back home to the condo Rick and I decided to head to the grocery store so we can save $$ and eat breakfast and lunch here at the condo. It took us a while to find a grocery store but we made it. Everything is really expensive here. A 12 pack of Diet Dr. Pepper was $6.79, a pound of ground meat 80/20 was $6.00 and a small container of laudry detergent was $12.00. Needless to say it cost us quite a bit of $$ at the grocery store.

For dinner tonight I wanted a Hamburger so we headed towards Lahina to LuLu's. They have the title of best burger for 8 years in a row. Boy was that a good decision it was delicious and reasonably priced.

That's it for tonight. Tomorrow we plan on going to the state park and who know what else will post on it later.