Paddling Makena!

We decided to go on a little “stay-cation” right here on Maui, to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary.  We both like Makena so that’s where we headed and spent a couple of days at the Makena Beach and Golf Resort.  It’s a nice resort and the last one in that direction for South Maui.  I like the way it is away from the rest of the resorts in Wailea and so much quieter and peaceful.  Monday morning was really nice, so I headed down to the beach.  The conditions for paddling were perfect so I broke down and rented a stand up board and paddle.  Forty dollars for one hour!  And the board wasn’t the best board either, but I managed.  I have been wanting to paddle Makena for some time and this was my opportunity!  Unfortunately, the resort has “boundaries” for where and how far you can paddle……so I stretched their boundaries as far as I could.  I paddled for my hour and it felt good to be out on the water!  I didn’t see any turtles, though, so I would bet that the turtles are beyond the resorts boundaries.  Oh well, I will have to come back another time with MY board and then I can paddle wherever I want!  Snorkeling was another story….it was great!  Lots of tropical fish and nice coral to swim around.  I saw a huge purple coral too which I have not seen before!  It was a nice little mini trip but I will be glad to be out in my usual spot paddling tomorrow!!  I hope the wind doesn’t come in early like it did today…..we will see…..