White Orchids Off Maui, A Whale's Tail, And Sunrise Over The Volcano

Hello friends,

I thought you'd all enjoy the following e-mail I got from Nadine Semerau, who was kind enough to spread some gorgeous white orchids in the waters off of Maui, in memory of our beautiful Lori.
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Dear Cary,

The sunrise paddle was breathtaking this morning.



When we reached a spot when the sun was high enough over Haleakala so the flowers could be seen, each paddler in the canoe (there were six of us) took a handful of the burgundy and white orchids and one person at a time tossed them into the water saying “This is for Lori.”



The current was moving towards the sunrise so we had thought the flowers would go that direction, but they came back to the boat and then formed a line in front of us. It was beautiful.



After a few minutes, we started to paddle again when suddenly a whale in the distance put up her huge tail and went into the water. It was just as if Lori had planned it that way.



This was the sunrise at the end of our paddle, one of the more beautiful sunrises I have seen while living in Hawaii.



You were both in our thoughts and prayers today.

Sincerely,

Nadine Semerau

www.waileapaddlers.com