In search of boogie boarding awesomeness...and because I'd seen photos of this picturesque beach, we headed out to Napili Beach! This gorgeous cove is also known for snorkeling too! Perfect!
The view to the right...
And to the left.
Indeed, Ryan and Sean had a blast boogie boarding on some bigger waves than by our hotel...though it was tricky to catch the waves as they didn't seem to break til the last second. The water was so nice!
Trying to catch that wave!
And the waves were also not too scary for the little ones...Kyle and Cade had fun playing in the shallow water! Sean, though burned also had a blast hanging out with the brothers.
After a while, Ryan, Cade and I went to explore the rocks to the left. Lots of tide pools...but no sea life in them...except for a tiny fish or two...which Ryan had fun chasing...kept telling Cade he was going to catch him some dinner! We had a blast out there. There were plenty of rocks and the waves weren't huge and it was breaking far out anyhow, we just played so peacefully among the pools! It was so awesome. Cade was swimming in some of the pools with his muscles too. It was just fun.
At one point, we saw Scott and Sean snorkeling just beyond the rocks behind Ryan's head.
They reported to see lots of big fish, including one with the tall pointy up and down in the fish tank from Nemo!
After we were out there for a long time, we headed back and noticed lots of people on the sand oooing and aaahhhing...including Scott! So he tells us there is a big sea turtle right in the water, eating off the rocks! So I ran to grab our snorkel gear...and Sean and the four of us, Scott, Ryan, Sean and I all ran in and saw the sea turtle together! We were so close to him, we were trying not to touch him...backpeddaling and all so the waves didn't just push us right into him. He was eating all the algea off the rocks so close to the shore. It was quite exciting!
Another fun thing that happened at Napili Beach...as I was walking along the sand, I noticed a sign on a palm tree that said, tell your friends and family to look online and see a live webcam of that beach! So I texted it to my parents and sister...and my sister called while I was taking pictures of Kyle boogie boarding...the web cam wasn't super clear...but she could see colors of swimsuite and people...so when I took a picture of Kyle and the flash went off, she could tell it was me and we were waving to her in the sky - not totally sure where the camera was!...total Big Brother moment. Hilarious!
Later when we got back to the resort, a nice lady came to give us this aligator for a while. I thought it was so fun to watch them all try to get on and then fall off...I had one just like this when I was little and thought it was so fun to try to get on with others at the same time!
And Cade gave us good snuggles when he got tired or cold! loved that!
