Snorkeling

Kate and I just had the most amazing morning. We had to get up early (REALLY early!) 5:45 and be to a dock by 6:30. But it was so worth it. We got on the Frogman II and headed out to Molokini (see pic below), a crescent shaped, crater island that has fantastic snorkeling. On the first place to snorkel we saw bunches of tropical fish and neat coral formations. Then we got back into the boat and headed over toward Maui and "turtle town". On the way, we went right through a school of spinner dolphins, small dolphins (they get to be about 75 pounds that's it) that spin around when they jump out of the water. They were so cool! they like to swim right through the wake of the boat. Then we got to turtle town and saw these big sea turtles that would just swim right up to you. We weren't allowed to touch them though, it was a $10,000 fine because they're a protected species.
This was definitely the highlight of my trip so far! Tonight, we're having dinner with an old friend of Kate's who just happens to live on the island and tomorrow we're doing the drive to Hana. more pics when we get back from that. It should be amazing.