It was another beautiful day on Maui and I was itching to get back out on the water after the weekend of Doula training.  Conditions were good, except it seemed as if the wind was going to come in, but I didn’t care. I paddled down towards Cove Park to see if some friends were out kayaking, but I didn’t see them, so I turned to paddle south.  Just as I was passing Kam I,  I saw a disturbance in the water and some fins, so my first thought was dolphins! I paddled closer to find that it was a baby whale with two dolphins!  I looked around the area to see if the whale mother was near but didn’t see any other whales.  It seemed very unusual that a baby whale would be very far from it’s mother, but this one was being accompanied by dolphins!  I have never seen anything like it.  I watched them for awhile,  making sure to stay at least a few yards from them, and watching the three dive and surface with the baby whale’s tail coming completely out of the water three times!  Two other paddlers were closer and one looked very nervous as the three dove under his board!  A baby whale can easily dump you off your board and I think he was very aware of that!  I was ecstatic to have such an encounter, especially on the 1st birthday of WildWahinePaddler!!!!!!  One year ago today, I launched this blog for women paddlers and I have enjoyed sharing it with you all!  As you can imagine, my day had been completely made by the baby whale and dolphins, but I still paddled down to the boat ramp.  At Kam III I ran across my first turtle and hung around with it for a few minutes.  Then I headed into the boat ramp area, and up popped my second turtle!  We were having a friendly interaction and I was completely enjoying it, when the pontoon tour boat came roaring in.  Oh well, I had already been blessed with a baby whale, two dolphins and two turtles, all in one morning, so I headed back.  Just as I was passing Kam III, another turtle popped up in front of me, so I hung with it for a few minutes too.  I still can’t believe I got a baby whale, two dolphins, and three turtles, all in one morning!  What a lovely birthday celebration!  Then the wind began to come up so I paddled back and then went for my swim.  It couldn’t have been a more perfect day!  Happy Birthday WildWahinePaddler….. it’s been a great ride this past year!