Maui, Hawaii Days 5-7, October 22-25, 2009

So I'm combining the last few days of Hawaii posts because, really, our activities really didn't vary much. We got up, ate breakfast, went snorkeling or went on an early morning beach hike, then spent the day at the pool or the ocean. We also didn't capture many pictures because like I mentioned in an earlier post, my camera got dropped in the sand which, turns out, sucks. SO, I have a few pictures of the last few days, but not many (and the pictures I do have are a little fuzzy, to say the least). Here they are:

Walking to a snorkel point just south of where we stayed. The point we really wanted to go to was closed. And here it was a little choppy so I didn't want to get in. Tim braved it out, though, and reported that the snorkeling was not that great. I guess I made the right decision!

Walking to the point. Nice fuzzy pictures! Hey, at least we tried to capture it.

Putting on the fins and ready to dive in the water.

A view of the little cove that we were at.

Heading into the water...

...and adjusting the snorkel gear.

WAIT. I DIDN'T EVEN MENTION SURFING YET! So, surfing. We were supposed to do this the day after the Hilo trip. BUT. As it goes, there was a shark attack on Maui at the SAME SPOT we were supposed to surf on the Monday of our trip. Then subsequent shark sitings at that same spot on Tuesday/Wednesday where they closed the beach down. Needless to say, we did not go surfing due to the sharks. Sorry, but I do not care to have an encounter with a shark. We were totally bummed though. We were both really looking forward to that. It worked out ok though because we did end up going snorkeling a couple of times and that ended up being fun.

Like I said, the rest of the days, we just mainly sat at the pool or the beach drinking fruity drinks and enjoying our time in the sun. Ultimate relaxation. It was so nice, really, to not have to do anything and to just hang out, relax, swim, drink, eat, shop a little, then repeat the next day.

That's really what vacation is all about, right? It was absolutely a perfect way to celebrate our first anniversary.

And as soon as we got back? We were ready for the fall, rainy, Seatle weather that greeted us home.