20 Saturday Apr 2019
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bamboo, big girl pants, Maui day ten, orchids, turtles, typical, waterfalls, widow
today we saw waterfalls…
listened to bamboo sing…
found a humongous tent filled with orchids…
and spotted over fifty sea turtles together on the beach…
just your typical Friday;-)…
18 Thursday Apr 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, Hawaii, Maui day eight, memories, ocean, paddle boarding, pictures, salt water, snorkelling, surfing, swim with turtles, turtles, widow
today we swam with the turtles…
before that we watched surfers and paddle boarders as small and large groups went into the water to try their skills…
then we drove to another beach which had been recommended by a few different people who we had asked about snorkelling…
as we were getting into the water people were already pointing out a good sized turtle that was right there…
I tried using the flippers, but they didn’t help much so I ditched them… I was just happy to have another opportunity to snorkel…
and then the turtles started showing up as I was checking out the various fish swimming below me…
I swam along beside one for a few minutes before it headed off in a different direction… at one point I watched two of them swimming together… they are much more graceful in the water…
what a gift;-)…
of course there are no photos as we tend to leave everything in the car when we snorkel… I’ve been told my phone is waterproof but this doesn’t seem like the time to test it, lol…
here is a shot of the beach where this magic happened;-)…
what a wonderFULL time we are having…
16 Tuesday Apr 2019
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beach, big girl pants, flowers, garden, Maui day six, moving, pictures, rocks, turtles, widow
today was moving day…
we moved from the Maui Beach Hotel to the Gingerbread House Airbnb…
and we went to Ho’okipa Beach Park and saw green sea turtles… we were at this park a few days back but didn’t notice the turtles…
it is easy to think they are rocks on the beach, lol… they are protected and the area around them is blocked off so you can’t get too close, but I got a few good shots with my camera… they move very slowly but leave a serious trail in the sand… watching them move when they are on the beach is quite different from their arrival as they surf onto the sand…
15 Wednesday Aug 2018
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big girl pants, bingo, boating, camping, day six, deer, eagles, family, fishing, fun, grandsons, loons, tubing, turtles, widow
such a busy day…
up by seven, had a fire to warm up, ate breakfast and headed out to fish…
saw turtles swimming, eagles flying, loons fishing and even a deer grazing… at one point four eagles were circling overhead…
fish were caught and one of the Jack fish was 31″ long…
in for lunch and then we spent the afternoon tubing on our new 3 person BodyGlove with a bit of kneeboarding thrown in for good measure…
we had some friends with us and the mom and I took a turn on the tube… and I am still alive to tell the story, lol…
back to the campsite for burgers, a quick visit to the Marina looking for lures and now the dog and I are back at the camper while the boys have gone to play bingo…
going to sleep well tonight…
19 Sunday Mar 2017
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big girl pants, blessed, deep sea fishing, dolphins, fishing, glorious, humpback whale, Mazatlan Day 2, turtles, waiting, walk, water, widow
up and out of the hotel for a 6:15 am pick up to go deep sea fishing…
from the time we left the marina we saw a school of catfish, pelicans, a huge iguana way out on the limb of a tree, a beautiful blue heron, seagulls riding on turtles, a pair of dolphins and more turtles than I can count… a marlin and a sailfish, which did not want to bite on any of the hooks we had in the water…
and to top it all off a whale spouting and then showing us its full tail…
a glorious day on the water…
there was blue sky, fog, sun and gentle seas…
technology wherever you go…
sun starting to peak through the fog…
we all love being on the water but had hoped that my son-in-law would have had the fun of catching a marlin…
here fishy, fishy, fishy…
waiting with my son-in-law… and getting sunburned feet, sigh…
as I was taking pictures of a very calm pelican, at the back of the boat the boys were throwing the leftover bait to a huge crowd of waiting pelicans, lol…
we ended up walking for a while on our way back to the hotel and came across some sunning iguanas…
how blessed to be able to spend an unforgettable time with family…
