Our final full day and unless something exciting happens tomorrow likely my final blog post from Maui. We got up at our usual time around 6:30a and got out the door by 8:15a. We wanted to make the most of our last day. Our destination was a beach that Sean had heard about from some random people he was speaking to. It was out past Big Beach at the end of McKenna road. We drove separately and both ended up going too far. It wasn't a total loss though as we drove through a national park encompassing a relatively recent Lava flow. It was like being on the surface of the moon.
When we finally did find the beach we were looking for we discovered it wasn't a sandy beach but it had lot's of rocks for the kids to wander around and based on the number of people in the water, it likely had good snorkeling. When we got out into the water we weren't disappointed. Lot's of fish very close to shore and some very nice looking coral. Turns out we were just around the corner from the real Turtle Town though we didn't see any. At the very end we convinced Callie to put snorkeling gear on and just put her head in the water. We were very lucky that there was fish so close to shore. She saw about four different fish and even accidentally did some real snorkeling when her feet floated up. She was only out for a few minutes but she really enjoyed it.
Once we all had our turn in the water we packed up and headed back to the condo to spend some time on our beach and around the pool. Callie and Carter are both getting better at randomly meeting kids their age and starting to play with them. Good to see and it keeps them out of our hair. We also headed back to the Shaved Ice place though we were low on cash so we could only afford to get the kids some. I believe Callie had Bubble Gum and Cotton Candy and Carter went with Pina Colada and Cherry.
We got back around 6:00p and headed straight down to the beach for one last sunset attempt. The day had been nice and sunny but there was a lot of cloud cover in the evening. It wasn't spectacular but for the last couple minutes as the sun dipped below the horizon we could see the full shape of it. Close enough. We then headed back for our last steak dinner and whatever other left over food we could find that we can't take back. Our flight leaves tomorrow at 12:40p and I'm back to the work the next day.
It was an amazing vacation and kudos the Dukes for making it even more enjoyable. I highly recommend going with another family with kids the same age. Having other adults to talk to and another kid to keep your kids busy makes for a much more relaxing vacation. I'm sure we'll do this again.
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