sunday sunset!

It was an amazingly beautiful sunset and I almost missed it!  It didn’t look like it was going to be anything special and it appeared that the sun was going to set behind clouds and behind the island of Lanai, but that didn’t happen!  By the time we got home from the store, the sky was on fire and we enjoyed it from our cul de sac.

The morning was equally as nice.  Mostly overcast skies and glassy conditions with some wind blowing out of the south.  I paddled directly down to the boat ramp to avoid the boats coming in.  I was surprised that for a Sunday, no one else was at the boat ramp….so for awhile I had the place to myself.  I spotted the first turtle towards the boat lane, directly in front of me, so I paddled to it.  It was a large turtle and quite friendly!  Next I spotted two more turtles out farther, so I paddled out.  I sat in between them for a few minutes as they lazily floated in the water next to me!  The wind backed off and the conditions got even nicer.  I paddled in for the next turtle and it was one of the little ones I have been seeing, then another little one popped up next to me too!  They are so cute and spunky.  Farther north I spotted another turtle so I paddled in that direction and ended up with three turtles instead of just one!  One of them stayed around and swam the length of my board and then dove under me and came up next to me!  Two other paddling friends arrived at the boat ramp so we chatted.  Four more turtles surfaced around us, so that made twelve turtles for the day, but one of my friends paddled back with me and another turtle surfaced outside of Kam III.  That was thirteen turtles in all for today!  The conditions stayed nice on the rest of the way back and it was nice for my swim too.  It was  quite a pleasant day for the second day of September!