Paddle Board

Wednesday we woke up to some amazing sun and knew this was the day to hit the beach. We decided to drive a bit South and find one where Taryn could use her board safely.

Gary had the name of a beach and we went to find it. When we got there we discovered the right side of the beach was very rocky, but the left side was nice and sandy. The biggest draw for me was actual working restrooms.

There were people in the water everywhere, but most of them were on the paddle boards where you are standing upright and paddling with an oar.

After floating around for a while it was apparent these waters were best on one of those, so Gary got some info from others and then located a place in Lahaina to rent one for the afternoon. The only problem was we had the very best parking spot in the lot...and all the rest were full.

I won't give details but will just say that an hour later he came back with a 12' paddle board strapped on the top of our rental car and parked in that same spot. :-)

As Taryn paddled out for the first time all the other boarders headed in, packed up and left. It turns out that the tide had changed and the best was over so they were calling it a day.

For Taryn it was a great moment to begin. She was amazing and caught on so quickly. Gary even took a turn and he had no problem either. Then, while he was making phone calls, I was very brave and went out on the board with Taryn and it was a blast.

We had to drag the girl out of the water at 5 PM to get the board back in time. She was exhausted and opted to eat leftover at the condo. Gary and I dressed up and went out to eat which was so fun. Our time in Maui is quickly coming to an end.