We arrived in Kauai on Saturday, November 24th. Niles made the trip. He will never get in his crate again but he's alive and chasing chickens. He has finally found a sport he can throw himself at. In case you are not aware, Kauai is full of chickens. I guess all kinds want to live in paradise.
We did our first Kauai diving the very next day. We went to two sites known as Turtles House East and West. The known site name is in Hawaiian but I am still working on mastering some of the basics. Soon enough I will name all the sites in the local language. The sites were loaded with TURTLES, hence the name of the site. I don't mean a few turtles here and there but a great gathering of turtles. Some were just catching some zzzz's others were there to be cleaned by schools of cleaning fish. One even mistook Pat's hair for algae and tried to catch a quick meal.
Turtle Cleaning Station
Brownie & Turtle
Besides the turtles we also saw eels, lion fish, white tip sharks, a galapagos shark, and an endless showcase of reef fish. The reef fish were colorful and abundant. Most looked familiar but slightly different from the types we were accustomed to seeing in the Florida Keys.
Lion Fish
So far, which hasn't been very long, I am very glad we decided to move to Kauai. It was difficult and expensive but it feels so right. The landscape is lush and beautiful. If you look to one side you see the Pacific Ocean, if you look the other way you see lush towering mountains. The surroundings have a calming effect. Everywhere you look there is beauty. Unlike Key Largo there are wide open green spaces; not every inch of land has been claimed for development. There are no tall buildings so the skyline is as nature intended. And more importantly I feel as if I have finally arrived at home. I know I am and will always be a haole, but it feels good.
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