There are slow movers & there are turtles

The slow movers are us. The turtles were plentiful off Po’olenalena Beach. We’d already seen turtles at Ulua but this was a suburb of what the snorkel tours call ‘Turtle Town’. A great way to spend a Sunday morning. We also watched some fish harass a small octopus. Doreen even saw an eel and a ray–now she’s one up on me.
We spent Sunday afternoon watching the kite surfers at Ho’okipa and Kanaha Beaches. Then we treated ourselves to shave ice.
We needed an easy day after the exertion of Saturday. That was the athletic highlight of our trip–the Maui Taco 5k. It was a fun event–which would have been more fun if they hadn’t put in those hills. Ah, well, we both finished under our projected target times in the middle of the pack We did manage to beat some 6 year olds and some 70+’s. (Actually, Doreen finished fourth in her age group–just missing out on an award by less than two minutes.)
The race was won by Jacob Rotich of Kenya in a time of 15:34. He was using the 5k as a warmup for the Maui Marathon on Sunday. He won that event on Sunday for the fourth straight year. His wife, Hellen, won the ladies’ division in 18:18.
Now it’s on to more beaches, snorkeling and hiking. Did I mention beaches? And snorkeling?