Day three of our Maui vacay. It started out wonderfully with fabulous weather and a quick trip to The Coffee Store for iced coffee for Pete, and an iced Latte for me. Then we were off to the Trilogy for our Molokini excursion. We were excited since we had seen tons of glowing reviews, and they MORE than lived up to the hype. The crew is friendly and bend over backwards to make your trip awesome. The catamaran is the perfect size for a small group of passengers, and the trip itself is the perfect amount of travel and snorkel. Bad news for me however, for the first time ever, in-spite of the Dramamine I took before boarding, I got dreadfully seasick while snorkeling! Pete and I got separated and while I was looking for him, the waves got the better of me, so I spent the rest of the trip feeling horrid. Pete says the lunch was great, I have no idea. Sitting sick on the upper deck for the entire last two thirds of the trip, I also managed to burn the tops of my feet. Oh well, the little snorkeling I got a Molokini was definitely the clearest and best snorkeling we’ve had in the islands, and once again I can’t say enough good things about the trip and crew. Mahalo Trilogy!
- Boarding the Trilogy for our Molokini snorkel excursion. A bit more than a “three hour tour”, though we didn’t have to worry about the weather getting rough 😉
- Pete’s got his coffee so he’s ready to go. Kendall, one of the wonderful crew members, was even kind enough to make me an iced tea. The cinnamon rolls and fruit she passed out were a wonderful start to the voyage.
- Heading out of the harbor.
- Under sail and leaving Maui (island, though we’ll stay in Maui county).
- The “island” of Molokini in the distance is our destination. Though it’s really a gas vent and not much of an island.
- Captain Casey at the helm. apparently he grew up on this very boat.
- Exiting the Trilogy catamaran, thank god! Though truly I can’t recommend them highly enough.
- Finishing the day at the Sea House restaurant with drinks and dinner, and a rather nice view of the island of Lanai.