Tuesday, April 07, 2009

The Best Sunset

Jenn and I are fortunate to live just a short walk from a very popular south Maui beach. Because the beach faces due west framed by Molokini island to the left and Lanai'i in the distance to the right, Kamaole II beach is a great place to enjoy the sunset, and tonight we did just that.
One of our favorite late afternoon/early evening activities is to play a little volleyball together as the sun goes down, and so today we decided (for the first time) to do this down at the beach, rather than the nearby park. It turned out to be my favorite sunset experience on the island, even though the setting itself was not as impressive as others we have seen here. What made this such a pleasant experience was simply the enjoyment of each other's company and then, as the very last daylight faded into evening, we watched a father and his young daughter playing in the waves until it was too dark to see even that (though we could still hear them splashing about and laughing joyfully). All in all it was simply a life-is-good kind of moment, and I enjoyed it immensely.

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