Sunday, August 21, 2016

Maui Ocean Center and Iao Needle

We took the girls to the Maui Ocean Center (aquarium) after Kate was diagnosed with pink eye.  Her pink eye was a perfect excuse to skip swimming for the day and do dry-land activities.



Touching sea cucumbers and sea stars

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Maggie's favorite part of the aquarium was the simulator of a humpback whale's bubble net.  She would enter this exhibit over and over again.  Lights would turn on, bubbles would flow through tubes and a voice would say "you have just been swallowed by a humpback whale."  Maggie loved it!

Jellyfish



The stingrays swimming over our heads in the ocean tube was quite spectacular!



Little did I know when I took this picture that Maggie would be swimming with wild sea turtles only a few days later!

 Ahh, a shark!

Iao Needle is a gorgeous destination, through lush rain forest.  This "needle" was a historically significant lookout point for various battles.


Exploring around the Iao Needle park

Flowers found at the Iao Needle

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