Last Weekend

Kara had the day off on Friday, so we had a picnic lunch down at the beach (Kam III). After work, we wanted to get some boogie boarding in, but the wind was blowing too strong at Kam III and Wailea, so we gave up on that idea. So, we watched LOST and then ran to Long’s Drugs to buy a jigsaw puzzle. Kara caught the cold that I had the week before, so she went to bed early.

Saturday we went out for breakfast at Kihei Caffe, then bought some snorkel gear and drove out to Ka’anapali. The weather was nice and sunny in Kihei, but it was cloudy and drizzling when we got to Ka’anapali. The wind was also blowing pretty hard, and all of the resorts were flying their red “get in the ocean if you want to die” flags. So, we turned back towards Kihei... Next time we want to go to Ka’anapali, we’ll make sure to find out the conditions first, since it’s a 45 minute drive each way!!

We ended up going to Kam I and here we got to try out our new snorkel gear. Maui Revealed said the area between Kam I and Kam II is ‘pretty decent’ for snorkeling... I guess it was decent. It was mostly just sand and sandy coral with the occasional fish. No where near as packed with fish as Hanauma Bay. We also saw some little crabs and a bunch of sea anemones, so that was pretty cool. Once we got back to shore, we grabbed our boogie boards and rode the waves for a while. When that got old (because of few waves) we got out and played some paddle ball (smack a little rubber ball back and forth between us with wooden paddles) in the surf. Our best volley was only 10... we’ve got some practicing to do. Once we were done at the beach, we headed home and barbequed some chicken on the grill. Ate that, watched some TV, did some puzzle, pretty much took it easy.

Sunday we went to church, then headed home with big plans to go hiking and snorkeling, etc. But then we decided to go play some tennis instead. So we ate lunch and then we went to “play tennis.” The quotation marks are needed because what we did shouldn’t be considered tennis because we sucked so badly! We started playing pretty regularly last summer with Billy and Dave, but we sure lost our skills since then!! We wore out quickly in the midday sun, so we went back to our place to decide what to do next.

I didn’t really want to go back out in the sun because I got sunburned a bit the day before, so we decided to go see The DaVinci Code. The ratings have been abysmal for this movie, but we kinda wanted to see it anyway, so we decided to ignore the critics. I’m glad we went, I thought the movie was pretty entertaining. I’m guessing the reason why the ratings are so low is because apparently everyone in the world (except me and Kara) have already read the book. Since movies are never as good as the books they’re based on, people walk away from the movie disappointed. Well, since I didn’t really know the story, I thought the movie was alright.

The end.