Vacation Day 8: Kaanapali, Maui
This was our last full day in Maui before we headed home. Therefore, we tried to squeeze in a lot! As soon as we woke up Trent took the kids out to the pools while Alexandra took a much needed nap. After she awoke, I joined them. The pools at this place were really nice, there was a great kid pool with a water slide, waterfalls and caves, and even a toddler section with a “beach” full of tiny rocks to play in. We went down the water slide a few times and then played hid and go seek in the pool.
When we were done swimming we went back up to the condo for lunch and got ready to head out to a beach in Lahina called black rock (where we heard as some great snorkeling).
After arriving on the beach we noticed a huge crowd gathered together looking out towards the water. My first thought was that someone was drowning, but then I saw this giant mass appear from under the water, it was a whale! As we were standing there Trent mentioned that it was early for whale season. This is when the Hawaiian Shaman appeared out of nowhere and said “early whales means hard winter on main land”, and then disappeared…
Okay it didn’t really happen that way, but that sounds better. After Trent mentioned it was early for whales, a local food vendor said that as long as he has lived in Hawaii, this is the earliest he has ever seen whales. He then mentioned that the earlier the whales come, the harder the winter is in the states. So, you heard it from me, “hard winter on mainland”.
When spent the rest of the day playing on the beach and taking turns going snorkeling. While Trent and Tanner were snorkeling, Natalya and Nadia were building sand castles. After a bit Natalya decided to get in the water. From where I was sitting (feeding the baby) I couldn’t really see the shore line, I could only see a few feet into the ocean. I wasn’t worried because Natalya had her life jacket on and I knew that if she went further out than the shore I could see her. After I bit I noticed I hadn’t seen her in a while, so I stood up and she wasn’t there! I kind of got a bit scared until I looked about 30 feet to the right of me and saw Natalya about 10 feet out . I started yelling for her, thinking she was caught in some current, but she couldn’t hear me. A couple close by noticed my predicament and the husband ran down the beach to get save Natalya. At some point she must have seen me and started swimming towards the shore. By the time the guy got to the shoreline she was out and running towards me. I asked her if she was ok and she was like, “Um, yah I was just going to see Dad!” So, she was in no trouble at all, she knew exactly what she was doing!
The snorkeling was pretty awesome, and I really enjoyed going out and swimming all around the rocks. It does get a bit scary at times when the fish get a little too close, and a little too big! All too soon it was time to head back for dinner. As we arrived it was sunset so we were able to snatch a few sunset pictures. While we were taking pictures the kids were running around. Natalya went to run back into the condo and she ran right into the glass door. It was pretty funny. That night we had an epic dinner (did I mention I did not cook one meals while I was there, Trent did all the meals for us!). We had fresh tuna, pineapple, crusty bread, avocado (Maui’s avocados tasted smokey, they were delicious), chips and salsa. After dinner we watched a movie and enjoyed our last night in Maui.
