Cody and I went snorkeling on Monday and got up close and personal with six turtles.
Swimming turtle
Little guy
One in particular was eating algae off the cliff wall we were snorkeling around and the waves pushed me right into him. I apologized, but not until I snapped a few paparazzi. Sorry Dude!
Turtle eating algae
Turtle eating algae
Today’s adventure? A trip to the shave ice shack across the road from the condo. We (and the kids!) love shave ice. That right! It is called shave ice not shaved ice. Only a haole (which has an interesting etymology) would call it shaved ice and only a fool would equate it with a sno-cone (ick).
S&Q’s Shave Ice Shack
S&Q’s Shave Ice Shack
Shave ice, although it originated in Japan, is a long standing Hawaiian tradition. In Hawaii, if you order it correctly it has 3 layers:
Choose 2 Flavors
Everybody got something different, but equally delicious.
Heath putting in his order.
Cody with gummy worms on bottom and POG & Shark’s Blood on top.
Gummy worms on bottom and Shark’s Blood and Pina Colada w/Haupia on top.
Tawny w/Ice Cream bottom and POG & Lilikoi (passion fruit) w/Haupia on top
I put adzuki beans on the bottom of mine!
Marc’s with Coconut and Lihingmui w/Haupia
Yarrow’s Cotton Candy with gummy bears on the bottom
Heath w/mochi on bottom and blue raspberry on top
Tamra and Heath
The Kids! All sugared up!
I come back from snorkeling and I’m waiting at the shower to rinse the salt water me and sand off my feet, but somebody else is using the shower. I’m thinking to myself, “This person is unusual.” I make a few mental notes, rinse when its my turn, and walk over to Tawny who’d been watching me. “Don’t you think that’s Brigitte Nielsen?”. Without hesitation I said “Totally! I thought she looked familiar”. I didn’t follow her career but I did watch the train wreck that was her stint on celebrity rehab. Unfortunately she wasn’t with Flavor Flav.
We sat as near her as we could and read up about her on wikipedia, IMDB, and other reputable sources such as TMZ and National Enquirer online to deduce if it really is her. We are 98% sure it is. You be the judge from my incredible crappy attempt at being a clandestine paparazzi.
Brigitte Nielsen?
Brigitte Nielsen?
What do you think?
Sunday morning I headed out by 6:30am to reserve chairs on the lawn – launchpad for our snorkeling adventure. Yesterday Cody and I had seen two turtles swim right by us. But today I was bringing the under water camera and bringing Clara and Tawny along as witnesses.
Tawny and Clara Snorkeling
Cody and Clara Snorkeling
After fresh papaya and toasted Hawaiian sweet bread we headed into the calm morning waters to snorkel before the trade winds set in. It wasn’t 5 minutes in before we saw our first turtle. A baby. So cute! Only perhaps a foot or two long. Following it was perhaps the largest male turtle I’ve ever seen! It was enormous. Whereas we had swam up to the little turtle we swam away from Papa and Big Mamma – both several feet across and possibly 4-5 feet long (meaning possibly up to 80 years old!). All told we saw at least 4 babies and 3-4 adult turtles today.
Green Sea Turtle
Green Sea Turtle
Green Sea Turtle
Green Sea Turtle
Green Sea Turtle
Green Sea Turtle
Green Sea Turtle
Cody and Tawny headed in earlier but Clara and I stayed out a bit longer. On our way back we saw a sting ray. In all my years snorkeling in Hawaii I’ve never seen one. I’ve seen them in the Caribbean and in Tahiti, but never in Hawaii.
Sting Ray
Sting Ray
By 9:30 am we’d already peaked our day….or so we thought…
Sabbatikos 
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