Ok, so Im here,,, in HAWAII!!!!! Kehei, Maui to be exact. David N, Steve, Jenn, Amy, Georgia, and I all got in late Sat night, and David J. is coming in tomorrow night. We are staying in a cool little condo just a few hundred yards from the beach. When i woke up Sun i decided it would be a good idea to go for a run. Im not sure if this decision was made due to the extremely small amount of sleep i got the night before, or because i thought that maybe, running on the beach in maui would be less repulsive to me than running in the smog of SoCal,,, or (most likely) because Shelli's sadistic exercise habits are rubbing off on me :( Whatever my reasons were, it was NOT one a good idea. I mean, this is vacation after all right, and your not supposed to exercise on vacation right? My run started out good and i ran past lots of other out of shape vacationers who had same idea i did and were out running too and they didn't look like they were having much fun either. I did see whales out in the ocean which was sweet. Anyway, a ways into my run i must have gotten sand in my shoes, because I suddenly realized that the pain in between two of my toes was not in fact an early warning that i was about to have a massive coronary, but was just a really bad blister... POOPCRAP! first day of vacation and i already have a blister! I limped back to our condo and showered. Then we went to breakfast and it was SO GOOD, steve and I got the breakfast burrito,,, excellent choice.
After eating, we went to the beach.
Dave, Steve and I decided to hike around to the next cove and see if it was any less crowded. It was,,, but, if we wanted to go to THIS beach, we would have to look at the hoards of old wrinkly fat people who were sun bathing starkass buck NICKED! Obviously the reason that our side was crowded. We went back to the clothed side and went for a snorkle. I saw a huge turtle who had to be 5 feet long, we swam together for a few min and i even was able to swim down and touch him before he left me,,, im still ooooober excited about that. I don't have a pic of him, so ill put one in of his cousin :)
After that, we headed out to do a little exploring in the Jeeps. We were looking for a famous surf break called Jaws. Most of the pics (like this one) of the guys surfing the huge 60 ft waves were taken at this place.
The road down to it was not marked, and not paved. in fact, we only found it by chance. We put our jeeps through some good use because we had to off-road it through some places that looked seriously sketchy,,, the kinda like the places you expect a bunch of spring breakers driving around in board shorts and bikinis to be killed by some creepy masked axe killer in a scary movie, which is exactly what we were thinking on the drive in. Anyway, we finally found it and were SUPER stoked about that... at lease, the guys were, i don't think the girls cared so much.
It was getting about time to go, so we headed out and decided to try a few of the other trails on the way out,,, you know, we had to give the axe killer a fighting chance :)
On our way back into town we stopped to watch some windsurfers.
And by the way, the one on the right is about 20 ft in the air!
We got some great food at a little fish restaurant and went back home, the fish-n-chips were deeeeeelish . Got back home and I was so wasted from the day and lack of sleep the night before, but since i really wanted to sleep, i took 2 sleeping pills anyway just to make sure i slept. I did.
After eating, we went to the beach. 
Dave, Steve and I decided to hike around to the next cove and see if it was any less crowded. It was,,, but, if we wanted to go to THIS beach, we would have to look at the hoards of old wrinkly fat people who were sun bathing starkass buck NICKED! Obviously the reason that our side was crowded. We went back to the clothed side and went for a snorkle. I saw a huge turtle who had to be 5 feet long, we swam together for a few min and i even was able to swim down and touch him before he left me,,, im still ooooober excited about that. I don't have a pic of him, so ill put one in of his cousin :) 
After that, we headed out to do a little exploring in the Jeeps. We were looking for a famous surf break called Jaws. Most of the pics (like this one) of the guys surfing the huge 60 ft waves were taken at this place. 
The road down to it was not marked, and not paved. in fact, we only found it by chance. We put our jeeps through some good use because we had to off-road it through some places that looked seriously sketchy,,, the kinda like the places you expect a bunch of spring breakers driving around in board shorts and bikinis to be killed by some creepy masked axe killer in a scary movie, which is exactly what we were thinking on the drive in. Anyway, we finally found it and were SUPER stoked about that... at lease, the guys were, i don't think the girls cared so much. 
It was getting about time to go, so we headed out and decided to try a few of the other trails on the way out,,, you know, we had to give the axe killer a fighting chance :) 
On our way back into town we stopped to watch some windsurfers. 
And by the way, the one on the right is about 20 ft in the air! 
We got some great food at a little fish restaurant and went back home, the fish-n-chips were deeeeeelish . Got back home and I was so wasted from the day and lack of sleep the night before, but since i really wanted to sleep, i took 2 sleeping pills anyway just to make sure i slept. I did.
1 comment:
Hey, those wind surfing waves actually looked pretty hollow. You should go try and surf them. You would totally look like a kook but it will be worth it, just make sure someone has a camera when the locals come to beat the terds out of you. Also erika says that you are a very clever writer, but she still thinks your a dork.
anyway, catch some waves and drop in on some locals. Also try cutting your leg before you get into the water, it seems to be a good shark repelent. good luck
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