Today was our Trilogy snorkel tour to the island of Molokini. Why did I pick this location to snorkel? Because it is one of my 1,000 places to see before I die. We boarded the catamaran and headed for the island. We even got a really close view of another whale on the way!

 

Another Whale...Do You See It?

Our Catamaran

 

 

Molokini

We arrived and were given actual instructions on how to properly put on our snorkel mask. Funny that in all the times I have done this I don't think anyone has ever given me instructions or actually checked my mask to make sure it was on properly. Interestingly enough it was also the only time I have ever done this where I have not had water seep into my mask. From what I understand the reason for this was one of three things. One...my hair was preventing the mask from sealing. Two...my sunscreen was doing the same thing. Three...my mask was too tight. Now given that this was the first time I didn't get out of the water with a mask mark on my face I am going to go with number three.

The water was beautiful as was the coral, however, I was surprised that there was not more of a variety of fish. The snorkel was relaxing and put you in a different world until...the attack of the jelly fish. Yes...several people on our boat were stung and not being one to be left out I had to be part of it. However, when everyone else headed in for the ship to get an ointment, I toughed it out. After all, how often do you get to snorkel in Hawaii? And it really wasn't that bad...I was brought up to be tough.

So...the captain pulled up anchor and took us to his favorite spot called coral gardens to snorkel for another hour. However, we didn't know that we would be part of the Poseidon Adventure on route to the site. We were headed straight into the trade winds and we were sitting in the front of the boat with our new friend Debbie and John. We met them last night on our sunset cruise and they were a wonderful couple from Cleveland here celebrating their 35th anniversary. Think about the movie The Perfect Storm or the TV show The Deadliest Catch. This was us in front of the boat as it skimmed over the waves with the wind blowing right into us. I am thinking Debbie, John, Stevie, and myself got wetter during that portion of the trip than we did snorkeling.

Upon arrival at coral gardens we did get to do some snorkeling, see some interesting fish, not get attacked by jellyfish, and one group even saw a sea turtle. Although we missed that we did get to see one on the way back to the harbor.

 

Coral Gardens

It was another great day of seeing more of God's beauty. We ended it with some yummy shaved ice! Not sure it gets any better than this.