Here's the happy duo on our way to the parade. Oh yeah, and Charlie.
After the conclusion of the exciting whale parade, we headed down to Ahihi Kinua Reserve for some world renowned snorkeling. The boys had a great time snorkeling while nana and I did our best to entertain Taylee on a very rocky beach. We were mostly succesful.
These guys looked so good in their snorkel gear, I just had to get a photo!
Kent wasn't impressed by my photography skills. Heehee!(Sorry to all you faint of heart folks!)
Unfortunately poppi suffered a massive shark bite while snorkeling.
Unfortunately poppi suffered a massive shark bite while snorkeling.Well, maybe it was just a coral scratch, but it looked awful, and shark bite sounds better.
After the guys had their fill of snorkeling, we headed for an old favorite - Big Beach! We did NOT however, make the trek over to the infamous Little Beach, where swimsuits are optional.
Taylee had lots of help building a sandcastle, and she thought it was pretty cool! Except when the waves would wash up near her castle. She would yell "no waher! Go Way!"
You can see from this photo that the boys took a beating on their boogie boards at Big Beach. We found out later that not only is it not an ideal boogie boarding beach due to the shore break, it is downright dangerous. They could easily have broken their necks! We saw a fellow get carted off with a broken arm sustained while boogie boarding a few days later. Kent managed to literally fold his boogie board in half, and was lucky to only suffer some bruising to his rock solid abs.
The thing you CAN'T see in this photo are the keys to BOTH rental cars in Kent's pocket, which did indeed go swimming AND boogie boarding with him. And yes, they were electronic key fobs. We were thrilled to find that the key to the Jeep worked just fine! We were not so thrilled to find that the key to the Chrysler 300 did not work at all. After talking to the rental company and finding out that they wanted us to pay to taxi a replacement key to us, we all decided to pile into the jeep for the 45 minute drive to the rental location. Kent was thrilled to ride in the hatch back of the Patriot. $100 later we had a new key and were headed back to get our car! No harm done, right?! It was getting late, so we snagged Maui Tacos on our way back to Lahaina, and ate in the room.
After the guys had their fill of snorkeling, we headed for an old favorite - Big Beach! We did NOT however, make the trek over to the infamous Little Beach, where swimsuits are optional.
Taylee had lots of help building a sandcastle, and she thought it was pretty cool! Except when the waves would wash up near her castle. She would yell "no waher! Go Way!"
You can see from this photo that the boys took a beating on their boogie boards at Big Beach. We found out later that not only is it not an ideal boogie boarding beach due to the shore break, it is downright dangerous. They could easily have broken their necks! We saw a fellow get carted off with a broken arm sustained while boogie boarding a few days later. Kent managed to literally fold his boogie board in half, and was lucky to only suffer some bruising to his rock solid abs.
The thing you CAN'T see in this photo are the keys to BOTH rental cars in Kent's pocket, which did indeed go swimming AND boogie boarding with him. And yes, they were electronic key fobs. We were thrilled to find that the key to the Jeep worked just fine! We were not so thrilled to find that the key to the Chrysler 300 did not work at all. After talking to the rental company and finding out that they wanted us to pay to taxi a replacement key to us, we all decided to pile into the jeep for the 45 minute drive to the rental location. Kent was thrilled to ride in the hatch back of the Patriot. $100 later we had a new key and were headed back to get our car! No harm done, right?! It was getting late, so we snagged Maui Tacos on our way back to Lahaina, and ate in the room. 
oh my gosh sad end to that day! otherwise i am drooling for some beach time like yours!
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