Our First Day in Maui and It's a Memorable One!

When we arrived at the condo the night before, it was dark, so we were all up at the crack of dawn our first day, excited to enjoy all Maui had to offer.  
We started with breakfast on the balcony and a walk down the beach exploring.  
After returning to the condo, we lathered on the sunscreen, gathered all our beach gear and headed down to enjoy some swimming and snorkeling. 
Maui has awesome snorkeling.  You do however have to be very careful of the rock and coral.  Remember, this an island created from a volcano.  See where this is going?  
Oh yes, you guessed it.  Someone experienced the coral up close and way too personally.  Matt and Lily Grace headed out and captured a few pics with fish and coral and had been out not quite an hour when Lily Grace comes in from the water and Matt is following her.  Once she reaches me, I see it..her very cut knee.  I get her up to the condo and Matt stays back to gather everything knowing that we are likely on our way to get stitches.  Sure enough, we got to experience healthcare in Maui.  We headed down the street to the West Maui Urgent Care where Lily Grace got her first stitches.  She was also informed that she couldn't get her knee wet for 14 days.  Yep!  A family vacation on an island surrounded by water and pools and she can't get in.  Her spirits were a bit dampened, but she took it like a champ and we carried on having a blast and laughing and giving her a hard time along the way. It has actually made for the funniest memory.  

Our first morning in Maui and we woke to this beautiful sunrise.

First walk on the beach after breakfast

The coral signs are everywhere and you even have to wear water shoes in the water to protect the coral and yourself.  Shoes however, don't protect your knees when a wave pushes you on it in the shallow spots. This we would soon learn.

All packed up and excited to hit the beach for the first time.

They got in just under an hour in the water snorkeling and taking underwater pics before she cut her knee.  This was the only time she was able to get fully in the water. 

Coral Reef meets LG's knee and we meet the doctor.

The staff and doctor were wonderful here!  

She ended up getting stitches to close the cut since it was so deep and has to keep them until July 3. 

After a trip to the doctor Hawaiian shaved ice was definitely in order and the best is at Ululanis.

We also enjoyed a trip to the Fish Market every night of our stay.  I hate seafood, but I have to say even I ate the fresh Mahi Mahi every night.  LG enjoyed fresh crab cakes and shrimp and Matt enjoyed Moon fish and Mahi. 

Sunset