Boat Trip

We found the best deal for snorkeling. We got up early this morning and boarded a boat with Pacific Whale that takes us snorkeling at both Molokini and Lanai for a good price. In fact, it was about the cheapest trip to Lanai that we found. But the wind today was pretty bad. In fact, the boat trip became quite I wild ride. The conditions at Molokini were good enough to snorkel even though the water was choppy, but the disappointing thing was that the Lanai water wasn't, so we didn't even end up going that direction. That also meant that we wouldn't get to see the dolphins on the way to Lanai. They made up for it though. They took us to a place just off of Maui (the "turtle town" area) for a second chance to snorkel. Then they used the extra time to take us whale watching. It was a very enjoyable day. At each site we saw something neat: an eel at Molokini; three turtles at the second spot, including two that came up and swam with us (too bad we didn't bring the camera in the water with us this time to prove that it was just chillin' with us); and a whale that showed off for us by splashing its tale and fins.

After we got off the boat we decided to drive to the top of the volcano and watch the sunset. The crater is pretty neat, but at 10,000 feet it was way to cold to walk around in our shorts. We got out of the car just to take a few quick peaks. The sunset was nice, and we could see the Big Island from there.