Snorkeling Molokini

First: Happy 14 months Presley!! You're getting so big and can't wait to see you!

Today we went snorkeling in Molokini. For those of you who don't know what Molokini is, it's a small island/cove in Hawaii. It's half cylinder shaped. The point in going to Molokini is for snorkeling or scuba diving purposes. No one is allowed to step foot on the land because it's protected for the birds that live on it. A bird sanctuary. In order to go out to Molokini you are required to take a boat. Wade and I arrived at the docking station at 7am after signing a waiver (pretty much signing your life away). We loaded the boat and headed off. As we headed there the boat came to a stand still where caption "talk to much"(you will see why I call him this later)had to go over a few rules just in case the boat sank, kinda like the rules before going on a plane. Well while he was telling us how to keep safe the boat was rocking and the trade winds started to pick up. Which meant the ocean wasn't calm anymore the boat was rocking up and down vigorously. I started to feel wheezy. Once the boat started moving, I was okay because we weren't rocking anymore.

We finally arrived to Molokini and the boat went into a stand still. ugh! captain "talk a lot" went over the rules (we just heard them no less than 10 min ago) and then his skipper had to go over a few things as well. Oh man, the wheezy feeling was coming back. Once they let us in the water I was okay (less movement). As we dove into the reefs they were AMAZING! It was a playground for these beautiful fish. They swam next to us and could even touch us. We saw numerous beautiful fishes, eels, rays, and reef sharks! After being in those reefs for about over an hour I started to get sick again because the trade winds were picking up and the waves in the water were getting bigger. It was finally time to leave and we were off to turtle bay to swim with the turtles.

Once we we got on the boat to Molokini to leave that reef and go to turtle bay it wasn't bad. The captain decided not to talk and just head out. That was smooth sailing for me because we weren't rocking. Once we got to turtle bay I jumped right into the water. Freaked me out because we were in about 40 feet of water and it was deep blue rather than light blue. I knew a great white could fit in this area. Well as we started to swim around we saw sea turtles! Oh my, they were absolutely gorgeous(the turtles). They swam right up to us to get air from the surface and hung out. It was sweet. We swam around there for about half an hour until captain "talk a lot" said we had to go. Of course I was the last one to get on the boat because I was still feeling wheezy. As everyone got on and I finally got on, captain "talk a lot" decided he wanted to tell us the history of sea turtles and the skipper decided he would stay in the water to inspect his fins. Really people?! I'm trying my best not to puke my brains out and here we are just chilling on the boat rocking up and down. As the captain kept talking, I felt it coming. I looked at Wade and said "babe, I'm going to puke" and well about 2 seconds after that, I did. Embarrassing! It wasn't my fault, they could have done things differently. Like maybe talked about the history of sea turtles before we got there or after we got back to the dock. Well I missed the whole history lesson on those wonderful animals because I was puking in front of about 20 people. Once we got back to land my feet were never so happy to hit solid ground again.

Despite my projecting vomiting, this trip was amazing. I got to see so much. I snorkeled in the reefs of Molokini where there are no trained animals, just animals living in there natural habitat and can do anything at anytime. I will forever remember this trip. All the pics I have are in a disposable water proof camera but I'll post a picture of Molokini.