Vacation - Day 11 (June 10)

We got up early this morning for our scuba trip to Lanai. On our last trip to Maui, we tried to do a dive out at Lanai, but the weather prevented us from making it all the way there. The weather was better today, though it was still pretty choppy on the surface. Once we got about 15 feet under, it was pretty calm. The boat ride to Lanai was pretty good, but when we anchored down, it rocked enough that there were some who got hit with a little sea sickness.



Here are a couple pics of Lanai. First is Sweetheart Rocks. The story behind it is kind of a Romeo and Juliet story. The second pic is of the coastline.


Just before our second dive, we saw some dolphins! It was pretty cool. After this, we hurried up and got our gear on and swam with the dolphins for a few minutes. It was awesome to be in the water with them.


Diving, I usually suck through my air quicker than the others. Today, Chase was a little faster than me, so he went up first, shortly followed by me. I grabbed a pic of everyone else as they came up and back onto the boat.



Our guides have really nice underwater cameras, and we should get those pictures in a day or two that I'll post a few here.

Here's a shot of Lanai from the boat on our way back to Maui, and a shot of the dive stats, with some of the sealife we saw.


After scuba, we had lunch and then Katelyn wanted to boogie board. This was pretty fun. She pretty much held onto her board while I took her out and gave her a little shove as the wave came in. Megan and Cassi watched from the sand (and took some pictures).


Tonight was also the traditional spouse's trip to Mama's Fish House. None of my brothers and sisters like fish, but all of our spouses do. So when we come to Maui, they find one night to go out and have some nice fish. This place is about as nice of a fish place as there is on the island. The menu is printed each day with the locations of the catches. And it has a great view (so they tell me)!