Darlene had a couple rare full days off so we took full advantage. Day one we went for a nice long early morning paddle before running a ton of errands. We went out pretty far and were lucky enough to not only see several turtles but also some whales breaching in the distance. We love to paddle out and then just sort of lounge around and float, it’s almost like having your own mini boats and it’s so quiet out there.

The next day we took a trip a couple miles south to La Perouse. La Perouse is a protected nature preserve covered mostly in jagged lava from the last eruption of Haleakala in 1790. I know it’s a cliche to describe lava fields this way but it really does look like a Martian landscape. Most of the shoreline is very rocky but there is one black sand beach. We did a little snorkeling but the water was still murky from the recent swells. It was really a cool place though and it felt like we were on an entirely different island even though we were only 20 minutes from our house.