Relaxation day. We decided that since we didn’t know how Shawnna would be feeling, we would stay a little closer to home and go snorkeling/beach bumming in South Maui.
Our first stop of the day was to Ahihi Cove. This was in a fish preserve and was supposed to have some really impressive fish because fishing was not allowed. We geared up and got in the water. Within 15 feet we were already seeing all sorts of butterfly fish, trigger fish, and many others. Shawnna was still pretty apprehensive about snorkeling, so we only went out for about 30 minutes. Shawnna came back in to rest and I headed back out for a little while longer. The right side of the cove had a pretty impressive array of fish. I even saw a spotted eel hiding in the rocks pretty close to shore.
Next we headed for a black sand beach called Oneuli Beach. The black sand comes from a cinder cone hill that was formed during one of the last eruptions. The beach itself is tucked back on the terrible bumpy dirt road, but this makes it a little less crowded. As we were walking the beach, we noticed a lot of shells and soon we were finding a bunch of sea glass also. We collected a good amount of both shells and glass and then Shawnna decided to lay down under the umbrella and read for a while, while I went snorkeling.
I climbed over some rocks on the left side of the beach and found a sheltered little sand cove. It was pretty easy to enter from the little point and soon I was out snorkeling. The coral at this beach was amazing. Maybe not quite as many fish, but a good variety and the water was beautiful. As far as you could see in either direction, the coral stretched. As I was getting ready to come back in, I saw the first sea turtle of the trip. He was lazily swimming away from me and I was able to get a couple of pictures before he disappeared. Back at the little beach, I happened to look down and find a piece of light blue sea glass which is a really rare color since there is so little actual glass that is that color. Brown, green and white are the most popular. Because of beer bottles.
It was getting to be close to lunchtime, so we packed up and went to the next beach on our list, Po’olenalena Beach which has a convenient little parking lot near Makena Surf. We set up our umbrella and ate our packed lunch on an almost deserted beach. We went for a couple of quick swims and by that time Shawnna needed to lay down so we headed back to the condo.
Shawnna wanted a normal burger and fries for dinner so we tried Peggy Sue’s which had great burger and fries. But the highlight of the meal was the milkshakes. Shawnna got haupia, which basically is a coconut flavored milkshake and I got the Hula pie. Both were excellent and we were one of only a couple of people in the 50’s style diner. Oh my god that was the BEST milk shake I've ever had!!! Indescribably good!!! The best part was that it was a hand made milk shake and after they filled your glass, they brought you what was leftover too! Another relaxing sunset and then off to bed.
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