This morning, Judy and John left our group to go off on a tour of the other Hawai'ian Islands we we were on our own for the remainder of the trip. At this point, we didn't feel like we'd spent enough time at the beach, so we decided to do just that for our morning activity. I had decided that I was going to try this boogie boarding thing I'd heard so much about, and, surprisingly, Laura and Barb both wanted to try it, too. So, we grabbed some beach chairs, an umbrella, the boogie boards, and as an afterthough, I grabbed a mask, snorkel and some fins. Cheryl stayed behind for a little quite alone time. When we got to the beach, the surf was bigger than I remembered it from days past, though, so
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