socaldiver
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We were on Maui 6/25 to 7/2 with 5 other family members, who are non-divers. The wife and I hauled our dive gear and golf clubs with us in hopes of getting in a little of each. I had been PMing Gilligan and Kidspot to hook up with them for some shorediving.
Guys, I am so sorry we didn't get together, especially you Kidspot.
What we ended up doing, with the family of course, was play 3 rounds of golf, take in a luau, shopping (the women insisted!!) and one day of renting Harley's and doing the tour of the West Maui Mountains and Haleakala. We went to the pools and blowholes which were neat. I thought the ride on the westside was actually even better than the Road to Hana, which we had done 3 times previously. Riding the bikes to the top of the crater was awesome.
The wife and I did manage to get in one day of diving though. But we ended up going out with Lahaina Divers and doing a dive at Cathedrals II and Sargeant Major. Both nice dives but been there done that. Our Cathedrals dive was to a depth of 65 fsw for 39 minutes and the other dive was to 48 fsw for 45 minutes. (We were restricted to 35 minute dives on both but were able to extend a little further, especially on the second dive since we had so much air left. In both cases we came bac on board the boat with over 1200 psi).
Saturday we were planning on meeting Kidspot and others for their monthly dive at Ahihi Bay but things really went downhill Friday afternoon. The wife started getting sick with headaches and tingling in her feet. After getting the run around from 2 medical facilities in Lahaina we ended up going to a doctor at the Hyatt. After her treatment she recommended we go to Maui Medical Center in Wailuku. We did. Our excursion started at about 4PM and she was finally released from the hospital a little after midnight with nothing resolved. Maui Medical had done a series of test with nothing out ofthe ordinary.
On our flight home the symptoms returned so upon reaching home it was back to the hospital and after 2 1/2 days of test and treatments, including 2 1/2 hours in the chamber, the diagnosis came out she got a migrane. Never had one before so wasn't thinking along those lines.
So, again I apologize for not hooking up with the islanders. I guess the one good thing about the trip is I was able to line up a job with the hotel over there starting in October if I am interested in making the move.
Mahalo anyway Tim for your kindness.
Aloha
Guys, I am so sorry we didn't get together, especially you Kidspot.
What we ended up doing, with the family of course, was play 3 rounds of golf, take in a luau, shopping (the women insisted!!) and one day of renting Harley's and doing the tour of the West Maui Mountains and Haleakala. We went to the pools and blowholes which were neat. I thought the ride on the westside was actually even better than the Road to Hana, which we had done 3 times previously. Riding the bikes to the top of the crater was awesome.
The wife and I did manage to get in one day of diving though. But we ended up going out with Lahaina Divers and doing a dive at Cathedrals II and Sargeant Major. Both nice dives but been there done that. Our Cathedrals dive was to a depth of 65 fsw for 39 minutes and the other dive was to 48 fsw for 45 minutes. (We were restricted to 35 minute dives on both but were able to extend a little further, especially on the second dive since we had so much air left. In both cases we came bac on board the boat with over 1200 psi).
Saturday we were planning on meeting Kidspot and others for their monthly dive at Ahihi Bay but things really went downhill Friday afternoon. The wife started getting sick with headaches and tingling in her feet. After getting the run around from 2 medical facilities in Lahaina we ended up going to a doctor at the Hyatt. After her treatment she recommended we go to Maui Medical Center in Wailuku. We did. Our excursion started at about 4PM and she was finally released from the hospital a little after midnight with nothing resolved. Maui Medical had done a series of test with nothing out ofthe ordinary.
On our flight home the symptoms returned so upon reaching home it was back to the hospital and after 2 1/2 days of test and treatments, including 2 1/2 hours in the chamber, the diagnosis came out she got a migrane. Never had one before so wasn't thinking along those lines.
So, again I apologize for not hooking up with the islanders. I guess the one good thing about the trip is I was able to line up a job with the hotel over there starting in October if I am interested in making the move.
Mahalo anyway Tim for your kindness.
Aloha