And The Seas Parted

And The Seas Parted
Tuesday March 5th 2019
Another day at Kaanapali Shores Resort.  Every day I go out on the  balcony to take a snapshot of the day.  Most mornings are cold with a strong wind blowing.  Today was no exception.  There are signs of wind damage, but the grounds crew are always there to keep the resort beautiful day in and day out. 

We eat again inside.

What could that be a mystery food?

Jimmy is back.  Quick and easy breakfast.  That mango was so good.  Wanting to find a warm place to sit outside we went back to the gazebo.  This morning there is a small craft advisory.  There is now three whales entangled in fishing lines, some having buoy still attached. Some whales are swimming in our area.
We decided to make a lunch and go to cemetery beach.  When we get to the beach, we went to a different part of the beach to eat. 

The wind was blowing so hard that putting our chairs up they almost blew off. The sand from the beach begin to fly through the air. People were trying to hold on to their beach towels and some headed for their car, but not us, we open up our chairs and sit down.  Only Clela let go of her chair to sit down and it flew.  Still we sat down after recovering her chair.  We sat there eating while I had this tussle with a sparrow.  Yes that's right.  The bird kept getting closer and closer to me.  I would shoo it away with my foot only to see it try another way.  Several times it flew at my face.  It's crazy. 

I was looking for whales using my binoculars and when I saw five boats on the horizon that weren't moving.  Several boats were craft that did whale watching.  I saw this flash of a big orange object.  One whale was entangled with a large buoy.  Now my mind did play with this.  I'll have to pay attention to the news to see if that is what I saw. 
The wind was getting too strong to stay, but before I left I took some pictures of the many outriggers. 

This is the Lahaina Outriggers Club.  These boats are all fiber glass.  I found the outrigger fascinated. 

Upon reaching our resort  and standing on the walkway , before the elevator,   heard sirens blasting as they headed into our resort.  There is something about hearing those sounds that are familiar to us, but in this case it was the sirens  of the life guards.  We went on a pursuit of the action, as now a rescue squad also pulled in.  As we approached the ocean, out in front of us lays the drama. It is an extremely windy day with large waves crashing on shore.

A lifeguard was on his jet ski with the rescue board following behind him searching the waves.  Then we saw a man in the water.  The life guard positioned his board so the man  could catch it and climb on board.  The wind is blowing to hard as the lifeguard got closer to the swimmer.  The man kept swimming  toward the beach. There were reports of two men in trouble in the harsh churning water.  I kept looking for the other man and saw none.  The man kept swimming toward to beach with a slow purposeful stroke.  The lifeguard kept circling the swimmer.  Is he getting tired, will he make it.  This is so intense .

  Another lifeguard starts walking toward the swimmer from shore.   People are standing there, some with their cameras out taking pictures. 

There are some murmurs  in the crowd as the swimmer kept swimming toward shore.  No one was talking.  Then a grounds keeper shouts out " it's Moses, he doesn't need a rescue."  As the seas parted, Moses steps out of the water.  Up the steps come an older man in extremely good shape, his beard was graying.  If you saw him would think he was a street person.    The grounds keeper ask Moses "how far out were  you", as Moses dries off  and said "I was out about a mile".  A happy ending.

That was our day.  Hope to see you soon.