My weekends with the National Park
Service fall on Thursdays and Fridays and are therefore the best time to
get ahold of me. As you can see from the above pictures that I don’t
just like to sit around housing at the park. I have made several trips
on my weekends with friends down to different beaches around the
island. The sun is magnificent here and if you know where to go, its
not uncommon to find a very secluded and peaceful beach to relax on and
swim from.
I just bought some snorkel gear and can’t
wait to use it soon, because lets face it… it’s a lot of fun just
floating around looking for fish. I did get to do a little of it while
cross-training with Inventory and Monitoring a few weeks ago. We were
doing fish counts and I had a great time looking for the little natives
hiding in the rocks. That was a fun couple of days and I learned a lot.
Because
I only get down the mountain once a week or so, my friends and I make
the most of it. We eat lunch and sometimes breakfast at different
places each time, get our groceries for the week, and try to explore all
the shops that are around the immediate area. The towns on Maui are
not large at all and easily walk-able. We usually bring our beach stuff
and try to find a spot that is new. I have eaten some amazing seafood
here and most of the fruit is locally grown and fresh if you know where
to buy it. It isn’t hard to find fresh fruit or vegetables though, all
you need to do is take a ride down a back road and find a private stand,
off the side of the road. There are a lot of farms around and all are
trying to make a living on this expensive island. |
