We walked down to black rock and found a spot for our stuff. I snorkeled but not for very long. I still worry about sharks. It's a phobia that I can't tackle that stems from watching Jaws a lot in my childhood. I wanted to jump off of black rock this trip so I set off to do just that. There weren't many people doing it this early (around 8) and I wasn't exactly sure how to get up there. I scaled the rocks, which seemed treacherous enough, and got to the top near the gate at the Sheraton. Then I sat down on the rocks for a few minutes and tried to figure out how to get across. It looked like I would have to climb down to a landing that was further down than I am tall. Which, if I had been certain that's the way you had to go I would have gone, but I wasn't sure and I could just see myself taking a nasty fall so I aborted. I jumped the short fence at the Sheraton. I had to walk all the way around and back down to the beach through the Sheraton. Devon was on the phone with her mom the whole time freaking out because she doesn't know where I went once I climbed up. Opps! She didn't fuss me though.
I noticed the surf was picking up and the waves were breaking a little further out from shore & it looked too fun. I grabbed the boogie board and went at them. It reminded me of when I was at boogie boarding at big beach last time so I only let myself get tossed through the air and off my board twice before I tapped out.
Devon got in the water with me and we each grabbed a side of the board and floated over the big waves for a while. That was the most fun I had on the beach all morning. It was around 10:30 at that point so we headed to the pool to get out of the sun for a while. We sat around reading our books in the shade for a while. I swam some laps to practice my swim stroke. I'm getting better since I took some lessons at home. I've got the timing for my breathing down but Devon says I'm still barreling through the water. There was a Polynesian woman swimming who didn't make a sound as she went so I studied what she was doing. I've got to do a 200 yard pool swim for my first Triathlon in August so I really need to get better. We didn't have the camera this morning so I dont have any pics to show.
We tried to get lunch at the Tiki Grill but it was closed until 4pm. They lose so much business not being open for lunch. Next we went to the little shop in the KBH and I bought a hat that looked pretty silly ok me but it was better than getting burned worse. We set off down the sidewalk headed toward the Hyatt for our 2pm jet skiing. The jet skis were Devon's way of repaying me for the zip line tour which was very cool of her.
We stopped for lunch at Relish burger at the Westin. The burgers were pretty good! But they Ought to be for $17 each. I had made the comment in Kihei that I wasn't sure how I spent so much money on my first trip because we hadn't spent much. Now I know it was the west side! Everything costs double on the west side. But here I am in my silly hat looking like I've had too much sun.
And Devon not looking like she's had too much sun. #redheadproblems.
We continued on to the Jet Skis and wow! It was a blast! We rode on the same Jet Ski. The water was really rough. Jet skiing on the gulf coast is better because the water is calm and you can go fast. We kept it at a moderate page and I laughed the whole time because all I could hear behind me while she clung to me for dear life were high pitched squeals and "omg omg omg". I know we ran into at least some 4 ft seas. The nose of the jet ski would go under from time to time which even made me a little nervous. I didn't want to flip it even though I've been to water survival class many times for my job and could have righted the jet ski in short order. It's the same as righting a life raft. After it was over Devon admitted it was fun and we bought the pictures they took of us.
On the way back we stopped at the grotto bar to beat the heat :)
The rest of the day was spent at the KBH pool. We got drinks from the Tiki bar & hot dogs from the Tiki grill. A flower fell on us and she put it behind her ear so I snapped this photo
It was an exciting day. I wish I could have jumped off that rock...but maybe next time.
I promised Devon she could type the last day's trip report under my name so the final one will be authored by her. :)
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