My neighbors across the street have the most beautiful flowers
It's getting crazy busy in Lahaina. There is a new cruise ship in harbor every. single. day. The narrow, uneven sidewalks on both sides of Front Street are crawling with every kind of tourist.
This new plaque commemorating Lahaina's Front Street just popped up a few weeks ago.
I'm curious to know what kind of criteria must be met in order to deem a street a "great street." Note to self: research further the American Planning Association and Great Places in America...
Bryan and I had the day off, so we sunned ourselves on 505 Beach. I'm still super thrilled about my underwater camera, so I swam around and scared the hell out of all the little reef fish I encountered in order to get some good pictures.
Some more of my favorites...small female Boxfish.
A Raccoon Butterflyfish
This male Spotted Boxfish (pictured above) was particularly frightened of me. I express no shame when I openly admit that I chased him around and around a clump of coral to get a picture of his electric blue awesomeness.
I don't even feel bad chasing the Boxfish around. He exhibited zero evasive maneuvers. He continued to swim the same direction around the coral and at no time tried ducking underneath it and hiding in the shadows. Maybe the Boxfish doesn't need to hide from predators. It's poisonous. Perhaps it knows it is untouchable.
Bryan and I parked our beach towels in front of the shopping center at 505, a cluster of stores and restaurants located at 505 Front Street.
I like swimming out and then heading down the shoreline past Lahaina Shores Beach Resort. The beach at 505 is pretty skimpy with no shade, but it's great for people watching. A handful of surfing schools, including the well known Goofy Foot Surf School, launch newbie surfers from this spot.
Bryan and I got a kick out of watching a French family go through their first surf lesson together. All lessons start on the sand as instructors teach their students how to paddle, pop up and ride a wave. Every so often the instructor would pause his lesson to allow one of his French guests to interpret to the rest of the family what they would be doing once they hit the water.
The French family looked like an enthusiastic bunch, and none seem deterred by the language barrier. I'm sure they had fun.
Lahaina Shores Beach Resort
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