August 6th

Aloha!

As you requested Justin, here's a short clip of the dolphins. The first few seconds are a little jumpy but hang in there. Also, mostly all you hear is the wind so it may be more pleasant listening with the sound off. I have longer clips I'll show you when we get home.

Today was the Hula Girl trip. She's a 60 ft. catamaran. Very nice and comfortable. We motored up to Honolua Bay to snorkel. On the way, we saw several schools of flying fish (flying, of course), 3 turtles and this pod of dolphins. They were playing in the bay. They followed our boat around the point and some of the people on the Hula Girl got to swim with them. (They were the divers in the group, not the snorkelers.) The water was colder there than down in Kihei or Makena. We saw parrotfish, trigger fish, goat fish, cleaner wrasses, a snowflake eel, humuhumu 'ele 'ele, humuhumunukunukuapua'a and many others. We didn't see any turtles in the bay. We had a yummy lunch and sailed all the way back to Ka'anapali. I slept at the back of the boat, my preventative for seasickness. No feeding the fishes today for me. However, as I sit and write this, the floor won't stay still. Hopefully, this feeling will go away overnight. :)

Tomorrow is another school day for me and I'm not sure what the others are doing. Saturday Mema and I go to the swap meet and the 'boys' go to the beach.

Aloha nui loa,

Mom

"It is a man's honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel." Proverbs 20:3

Take care of each other.