Another successful P-Day or Preparation Day as it is known in the mission. This is the day we have to rest, rejuvenate and clean our tiny apartment. Today we went to explore the west side of the Island. That is the area near Lahaina and traveling past it out to some kind of wild places. We decided to drive to the Blow hole at Nakalele. It was pretty underwhelming today as the waters were very calm today! We decided to drive past and see where it took us. This side of the island is so beautiful with amazing views of the water and it's a lot more green than where we live in Kihei. The road began to turn into a true one lane road with no shoulder and very little spaces to pull off, almost none. We ran into about 4 cars coming the opposite direction and the guy in the car could not, or was too scared to back it up. So a guy in a jeep behind us offered to back up for him. Luckily not too far away was a roomy pull out where there was a snack stand and parking. So all the cars had to back up and Jeff had to back up one of the other cars as I guess people are too scared to back up on this scary road. We decided to turn around here because they said the road was about 7 miles like this and we didn't want to take the time to try to drive it with all the crazy drivers that don't know how to back up their cars.
We headed back to one of our favorite beaches. Kapalua Bay. It is just off of the Montage property which is a gorgeous hotel in this area. The walk down to the beach is just gorgeous. It is so pretty here.
The last time I was here I was so excited to see my first octopus. (See previous post for the Octopus story. Magic!) I jumped in the water to see if I could back track and find him once more. Actually I don't know if it is a he or a she. I swam back to the location I had seen him in before and he was there in the exact same spot. I was so thrilled. He was again hunkered down in his little coral nest so very hard to spot but it was unmistakable. Jeff had followed me at first but then got bored and headed out to snorkel so I wasn't able to show him the octopus. I decided to go exploring and went out and saw a great big eel. It was backing into a piece of coral so just his head was poking out and the upper half of his body but I could see it was a big eel. I have seen lots of eel so far but usually they are small. Jeff swam up to me and so I took him to go see the Octopus. When we got back to it, he had come out of hole a bit and I was so shocked I had to adjust my snorkel. He was hovering half in and half out of his hole. When Jeff tried to go down and touch him he backed into his hole again. Jeff got bored and left but I stayed and watched him for a long time. I think he was interested in me. We played this game where I would pretend to swim away and he would come pretty far out of his hole and then I would drift back over to him and he wasn't as scared as before so I could sit and watch him as he hovered there. It is really fun because you can see him change colors. He can match the rocks exactly so he can't be seen at all. I can see him because I know what to look for but if you were just swimming by you would never notice him at all. I finally wished him a final goodbye and swam back into shore.
We were able to enjoy an amazing sunset there and then began to walk back to the car just enjoying the beautiful scenery. What a fun day!
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| There were a bunch of goats grazing and walking in the roadway. |
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| Such a pretty view |
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| This is the bay we snorkeled in! |
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| A gorgeous sunset |
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| This house is known as Cliff House |
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