Shark Dive

On Monday I got to dive the 750,000 gallon shark tank at the Maui Ocean Center. What a truly amazing experience. I was allowed to feed a Spotted Eagle Ray and swim with 6 species of sharks. This includes a 6 1/2 foot male tiger shark. My dive was about 50 minutes long and I even found a sharks tooth on the floor of the aquarium.

Feeding the Spotted Eagle Ray

Feeding the Spotted Eagle Ray

Cameron giving dad a high-five and a kiss

Hammerheads, Tigers, Sandbars, Gray Reef, Black-Tip Reef, White-Tip Reef, and Ken sitting

26 sharks, 6 different species, one happy diver

That is me and above is a tiger shark - close enough to pet

Dive is over

Tiger Shark

Haleakala Sunrise

So the gang decided that we would hit Haleakala first thing. The reason behind this madness is that the Haleakala summit is 10,023 ft above sea level. We left our condo in Kihei around 3:00 am so we could be at the summit before the sunrise. We made it, it was still dark when we got there, it was also about 50 degrees if we were lucky, it was cold. Watching the sunrise above the clouds that mashed against the west side of Maui made it all worth it. The whole event was over by 7:00 am.

On the way back to Kihei we decided to have breakfast at the Kula Lodge. Breakfast was fantastic and the view from the dining area was incredible. You could see all of the Maui valley. Fro breakfast I went with a local favorite, Loco Moco. It starts with a bed of sticky rice, I am beginning to think sticky rice is the only rice you can get on the islands and I am ok with it. Next is a hamburger patti or two, then a couple of fried eggs. Finally it is all topped with brown gravy - man is it good!

Aloha for now!