I love turtles. The first time I saw one underwater while diving, I thought it was the coolest thing I’d ever seen (some exageration). Seat turtles just seem to fly effortlessly through the water, like a bird on a warm, thermal day. One of the reasons I’m in Hawaii is because Sean mentioned one day, a few years ago, that when he was in Hawaii he saw tons of turtles. I’d love to be diving and see a whole pack of them flying through the water. I’m afraid I’m going to have to leave Hawaii without that dream being realized. I also haven’t gotten a single photo of a turtle. I’ve seen 4 turtles over the last 2 weeks. 1 was my very first time I went in the water 2 weeks ago. We were at that first beach park in Lahaina and it was my first time snorkeling and I left my camera on land as I wasn’t certain of snorkeling, let alone snorkeling with a massive camera on hand. I was just floating about in this fairly uninteresting section of beach when ey came flying into my view. I followed em for a few minutes before I got distracted by some scuba divers below me and lost em. The second one was in a beach cove at some tiny little beach on the south end of Maui, south of Kihei. We had just parked and put out lunch down on the grass when some people appeared out of a mass of broken trees and mentioned a turtle sunbathing on some rocks nearby. Ey was just sitting there on the rocks, having a great day. I walked away to get my camera, and apparently ey decided that was a good moment to slowly turn and drift into the ocean again. Damn turtle. The last two were at a restaurant named Ponds, in Hilo. Miranda and I were having lunch. The place was built up on stilts, and they had a pond directly underneath them. There was a huge number of koi in the pond, as well as two turtles who were alternatively swimming around, or sunning on a rock. Though, these were the types of turtles with claws instead of wings. So yeah, no turtles. Next time I come here, I’m going to tell the dive master specifically that I want a pod of turtles to appear in front of my camera lens. Also a humpback whale. This place is just lousy with them. Throw a breadroll and hit 5 of them and a baby.