Beautiful Maui morning!

The morning stayed mostly overcast, which made it a lot cooler to paddle.  The wind was non-existent this morning which created perfect paddling conditions.  The silver, gray clouds were mostly everywhere, on top of Haleakala and the West Maui mountains.  I paddled down to the boat ramp and it was pure glass!  I only saw one turtle today, but it was really friendly.  It first popped up on the right side of my board, then it swam to the back of my board and popped its head up again!  Then it swam to the left side of my board and checked me out again.  That was one friendly turtle!  Paddling back was just a nice and since it was so calm, I paddled out farther and stopped at the Quiet Zone to sit for a bit.  On my way back, a sea-bird of some kind flew right in front of me, and skimmed the surface of the water!  I don’t see many birds out that far, so it took me by surprise. Swimming was just a nice as paddling today, and down by the rocks I saw a school of Trumpet fish (about 20 of them) congregating.  All in all, it was a great morning out on the ocean on Maui!