Ellen and I spent a week on Maui! In the parking lot of the Enchanted Gardens, I spotted this fine looking chameleon. As we drove away, it slipped down the stalk head first. It had three horns, though you can only see two in the photo. I've always had a particular thing for reptiles. On zoo trips as a kid, it was known that I could be left in front of the iguanas for a good half an hour while the rest of the family wandered. I believed I had a special connection to one in particular who would come up to the glass and stare at me with its tongue out.



First day snorkeling, and I saw a sea turtle. It was resting on the ocean floor, I disturbed it with my excited flailing and yelling 'Holy shit' into my mouthpiece. It rose up through the water, flippers waving and belly facing me, as though it was saying 'Hi, friend!', or according to Ellen, 'I'm gonna cut you!'. It sipped air a couple of times and drifted down to nestle once again on the sandy
bottom.