It was another one of those perfect days at the beach on Maui.  Mostly sunny skies with puffs of white and silver clouds floating by,  and a calm ocean.  It was great paddling down to the boat ramp!  When I arrived, though, there were six other paddlers sitting right in my spot (I am going to really have to stop bragging about all my turtles there!). I paddled over to the side of the group and sat down on my board.  Before I knew it, two turtles popped up beside me!  Then the “group” started to gravitate towards me, so I paddled out a bit farther and found myself surrounded by three turtles!  Then the group started to gravitate again in my direction…..ugggghhh….weekends.  So I paddled north and was surrounded by four turtles!  Finally the “group” decided to move on…. so I finally had the place to myself.  Then three more turtles surfaced by me!  One had some tumors by its eye, and that is so sad to see.  The wind started to pick up so I headed back, but the conditions were still ideal.  When I went for my swim, the wind had completely backed off and it was nice and smooth!  Yes, it was an ideal day on Maui, that’s for sure!