Wetsuit Adventure and Mama's Fish House

This was a really great day. I (Connie) got to try my new wetsuit and we celebrated Ed's birthday with a Fantastic dinner at Mama's Fish House.

Karen and I started the day as we usually did, breakfast on the lanai with the birds. Then we goofed off for a while and snacked on some stuff.

After 1:00 pm when the ocean supposedly warmed up a bit, Rob and I went snorkeling. This was also my first chance to get my wetsuit wet. It really did give me quite a bit of buoyancy. I felt a little off-balance at first and a little out of control. The waves were kicking up a little and snorkeling didn't seem very attractive. We decided to just swim around and enjoy the water. We spent about an hour playing in the waves and just being goofy. We met some nice people also swimming and then rinsed off in the fresh water shower and packed it in for the condo.

We had a little time to spend before we had to get ready for dinner so Rob and I read one of Terry Pratchett's books together and rested.

Karen and I got to wear our new outfits to dinner. The restaurant was fantastic. We all had one of their specialty drinks before dinner along with some appetizers. Everyone but me tried the sashimi. I stuck with the seared tenderloin tidbits.

I had a fish for dinner called an ono. It was served with caramelized Maui onions and some other vegetables. Wow, was it good. Luckily, I had room for dessert. I finally got to taste the famous Black Pearl dessert. It's hard to describe. Think chocolate ganache shaped like a ball with cream cheese filling on a thin cookie and whipped cream. I'm surprised I could finish it. Rob did help a little. Everyone else had the dessert with lots of strawberries. Altogether a very nice meal.

We have a little clean-up to do at the condo before we leave for home tomorrow. We'll probably get up early to take care of it. We won't be posting again until we arrive home.

Bye for now.