Hawaii Day 4

Hawaiian Monk Seal lounging in the sun

Snorkel area at Poipu Beach

View up coast from Poipu Beach

One of the many local 'wild' chickens

Today we headed up the eastern coast a bit to spend some time at Poipu beach which B says is the best snorkeling beaches on the island. We dropped K off at one of the local resorts so she could pick up on their WiFi to prepare for an interview she was having this morning. As we were heading for the beach, B looked off to the side of the road and saw a group of 5 or 6 big sea turtles just off one of the smaller beaches. We stopped to watch them for a while but unfortunately did not get a great picture of the group of them. They were fun to watch though.

On to the beach, which was very nice and very spread out. Cecile headed out to the water to do a little snorkeling, B took little W out to one of the calmer more protected coves off the beach and I stayed under the shaded canopy up from the beach to watch our posessions...and do some reading. After B and W came back, I took a walk out to the beach and walked in the surf a bit. I did come across a roped off area where a Hawaiian Monk Seal was relaxing. Apparently there are less than 500 of these gentle creatures still alive in the wild.

After K came back from her interview and the rest of the gang wore themselves out in the water, we took a ride further up the coast to check out the local botanical gardens and see a rather interesting blow hole. The hole itself is less than a foot across but, under the right conditions, the water spurts up 15-20 feet in the air.

We came back to the resort where some took naps and some sat and read for a couple hours. Then it was time for the trek to the pool area. Another great day.

Ain't life grand?!