day seven - everyone took the sailboat ride to molokini. molokini is a partially submerged volcanic crater. you have to take a boat to get there, but it's worth it. it's one of the top 10 dive sites in the world, home to 250 species of fish, and visibility up to 150 feet. the water is so blue and the snorkeling is just fantastic. even though we did it last year, i wanted to do it again. you do have to watch out for all the tourists - i think susan even got smacked in the head a few times! but if you can pull away from all the other boats and people, it's the best snorkeling in maui. we decided to take a boat that actually sailed out there. it was a really fun day.
one of the few pictures of susan and rich - poor sus got super sick on the boat ride. now i know why those black fish all congregate where the boats are anchored - to eat the barf!
rich just hanging out on the way there.
the color of the water is incredible. and this picture isn't photo-shopped!
i hate this picture, but had to include it. hilarious. we laughed so hard when we saw how we looked getting our gear on. thanks jason!
i love this picture of my parents snorkeling holding hands.
my mom was having a blast riding on the back of the boat on the way back - until she got totally soaked!!
day eight - our last day. everyone else was staying 10 days, but our miles didn't have a week over 8 days that we could stay. we went to chang's beach to enjoy it one last time.
ken opening his coconut. every time we go, jason opens a coconut on the beach in hawaii with whatever we can find. it's become a tradition for us, and it was fun to see ken open one too.
jason in his favorite place - about to snorkel on a beach in hawaii.
i love this picture. ken said he wanted to snorkel one day dressed like my dad. my dad likes to snorkel in long sleeves and jeans, and usually a backwards baseball hat, until he got his nifty dive cap. other tourists are always amazed and incredulous when they see him. he doesn't like sun screen but doesn't want to get burned, and also doesn't want to get scraped on the coral when he dives. he's awesome. i can't believe he's 71 and can pretty much out-swim and out-dive all of us in the water. he is seriously incredible. one of the best things about going with my parents is getting the opportunity to snorkel with my dad. he takes it to a whole new level.
i don't think i'll ever get tired of seeing the turtles. my favorite.
can you believe this guy? my dad is AMAZING.
it was a great trip. considering that two hours before our flight, chase stuck an air-soft pellet in his ear and we spent precious packing time running from urgent care to an ENT, we were nervous for how the trip was going to go. but the pellet got removed, we made the flight, and i think everyone had a pretty awesome time. we were sad to leave, but happy to see our boys. until next time!
