Snorkeling - Take One

This morning we woke up, drove to Snorkel Bob's (apparently this is a big chain of snorkel shops in Hawaii), rented some gear, and FINALLY went to the beach to do some snorkeling. Luckily at Snorkel Bob's there are snorkel masks that account for individuals (such as myself and Chris) who need to wear prescription glasses normally. I mean how much fun would it be to snorkel and not see anything? Today was just a practice day I suppose--but I thought it was really easy. You put on the mask, your fins, waddle into the ocean and stick the breathing tube in your mouth and well...you snorkel. Admittedly I am a pretty strong swimmer so this wasn't a far stretch for me, but Jennifer (Chris' little sister) was having a really hard time getting used to the idea that you don't have to stick your entire head under the water, so she spent most of her time finless trying to clear her breathing tube. I felt badly for her and I was about ready to go over and help her out, but my asthma started to act up so I waddled to the beach side and rested.

Tomorrow we are hoping to go towards the south side of Maui to Makena. I was told by a nice woman I met today (who is also staying in the same condo complex that we are) that the sea turtles come up to you in Makena so hopefully we get to see some!

Below are some pictures of us snorkeling--we were trying out this underwater camera. The camera is good, we are the ones that suck at taking pictures (hey you try looking through a hole the size of a dime with a big clunky mask on). I wish that I was able to take a picture of the sea turtle I saw, but by the time I bobbed up and back down it had gone.



This is me trying to take a picture of Chris.




This is Chris taking a picture of me...