Day 14 - The Final Moments

The story telling will be short as there was not a lot of activity on this final day. We mostly enjoyed our resort, starting the morning with eggs, ham, potatoes, for Annemarie, and spam wrapped seaweed for me. We followed this Hawaiian breakfast with a morning snorkel to the local reef about 300 yards from the resort shoreline. It was a bit of a swim, but once out there we saw some fish, pretty good coral, and the grand finale, a turtle that had no concern swimming near us for as long as we liked. I was able to capture some great video of this majestic creature as it fed on the reef and glided through the water. What a great and appropriate way to spend the last day. Really, the remainder of the day was spent drinking tropical drinks by the pool before heading off to the airport for our overnight flight home.
We feel really blessed to have spent our special honeymoon at our country’s 50th state. I can’t believe we hiked to remote beaches, climbed volcanoes, jumped off waterfalls, drove the curvy cliffs Road to Hana, dove with manta rays, scurried across lava fields, walked through bamboo forests, saw the most beautiful tropical plants while exploring the rainforests, sneaked cautiously through caves, stayed up late to watch shooting stars across the very visible Milky Way, swam in hidden fresh water oasis, and on and on and on, while driving across Maui and Hawaii in camper-vans which we have now determined is our first choice for travel. How else can you spend the night with the doors open to awaken to the breaking waves 20 yards away, or the birds from the forest singing their songs, or even the welcoming of the sunrise with a rogue cockadoodledooooooo!!
Mahalo Hawai’i for all you gave us and Aloha for now.Read more