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Paddlers enjoying a sunset paddle!

It’s not me, but a couple of paddlers were enjoying a sunset paddle!  Nice!

It was a beautiful morning for New Years here on Maui.  Patchy clouds and a wind blowing from the north again.  There is a slight swell which has mucked up the water visibility and the ocean conditions were a bit choppy.  I paddled down to the boat ramp and when I arrived,  there were four kayaks hanging out in my spot!  Suddenly a big turtle surfaced and was swimming in my direction. The turtle came right up to my board!  Since there were other people at the boat ramp, I decided to paddle north.  Suddenly I was surrounded by three turtles, and another one was swimming underneath me!  The wind was getting stronger so I decided to paddle back.  It’s always a good day when I see turtles,  but heck, it’s always a good day on Maui!  I paddled back against the wind, paddling over lots of bumps.  Happy New Year!

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Beautiful day to get back in the water!

Wow, it was a beautiful day to get back in the ocean!  Sunny skies and a slight breeze blowing from the north.  I paddled down to Cove Park and made my turn south and the conditions were perfect.  It was a smooth trip down to the boat ramp.  Just as I was passing Kam III, a turtle popped right up in front of me and I almost ran over it!  Luckily for the turtle, it acted fast and dove down just before I got to it.  I continued on and ran into two more turtles.  I paddled out further and was surrounded by three turtles! The wind was getting stronger and I started to paddle back but then ran into turtle #7.  Suddenly I was in the middle of two more turtles!  I paddled further north and found myself in the middle of three more turtles.  That was a dozen!  The ocean began to get some white caps, so I decided I had better get back before it got more windy.  It was a good workout paddling back against the wind, but I made it back okay.  By the time I swam, the wind had backed off a bit so it was a nice swim.  By the time I left, it got very windy.  I hope it’s nice tomorrow for New Years Day!

What a nice aquarium!

We had a great time taking Kalani to the Scripps Aquarium in La Jolla!

Beautiful sunset at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas, CA!

We had great weather (only fog rolled in the night before we left)…. and although it got pretty cold and I did have to pull out the pants, socks, shoes, and sweaters….we had a nice time with family.  I am really glad to be back on Maui though!

Keana is 14 years old now!

Hard to believe that grand-daughter #1 is already in high school!  Hopefully she will visit us soon and I can take her stand up paddling!

Baby Leila has her first Xmas in San Diego!

Grand daughter #2 has her first Xmas!

Grandson Kalani enjoying Snow world at SeaWorld!

Grand son #1 enjoying snow play at SeaWorld before Xmas.  He had so much fun!

Baby Forrest enjoying his first Xmas!

This is grandson #2 enjoying his first Maui Xmas!  He’s so much fun!