Turbo Turtle....

March 20th marked the beginning of spring....unfortunately winter is not ready to leave the island... Considering the waves behind this guy, I marveled that he had manage to get up on the beach....i dubbed him "Turbo Turtle ". I figured he went for it and turboed his way up the shoreline.
 
Its really beautiful out there right now but the cold water and wind driven currents along with the high surf  still say winter water.... I wait as patiently as i can for spring to really kick in... its been a LONG winter here on Oahu.    I kinda wish i had some of that Turbo Turtle power....
 
 
 
 
 
 
I am an island gal....................

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Firefly the Travel Guy said…
Suddenly within the last week or two you can feel winter is slowly starting to make its way over towards us. The nights are cooler although the days are still luckily still nice late summers weather
March 25, 2013 at 11:34 PM
Kalei's Best Friend said…
My landscaper told me she thought it was gonna be a hot summer... we have had no rain to speak of, the temps have gone from cool to warm, too much back and forth....
love the turtle- hopefully they haven't gotten too caught up in the debris from the inconsiderate folks!
March 26, 2013 at 5:05 AM
Maui Don - Dolphin Dude said…
Oh, I'm quite sure you have the turbo power - just not the thick shell - so don't risk it yet. Summer will be here soon.
March 29, 2013 at 7:51 PM
Leilani Tresise said…
LOLOl Don!! LOLOL =)


Fire it always amazes me our switch in summer and winter..


Chrissy... i was just gonna blog about that... weather is "ify"
April 8, 2013 at 5:47 PM
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