Yes, it was a beautiful day for paddling and the water clarity is starting to clear up after the south swell.  There was a breeze blowing from the south when I first went out, but it backed off and the ocean got glassy!  The sky was a mixture of puffy clouds and overall light cloud cover with the sun shining through, which made it a very comfortable temperature.  I paddled down to the boat ramp and ran into a friendly turtle.  It came very close and popped it’s head up.  Then it dove under my board and surfaced on the other side, popping it’s head up again to look at me again!  I was happy to see that it was a very healthy, young turtle.  Then a paddling friend caught up with me at the boat ramp, and we paddled together for a while.  We called for the dolphins, but they weren’t answering today!  The sad part was, when I came back from paddling, my family was there to say good bye.  I visited with them and played with my grandson, then he gave us lots of hugs!  It was so hard to see him go and know it will be 5 months until I see him again.  He will be so much bigger and I will have missed it!  This is the hard part of living on Maui and away from family.