Sunburnt on the Beach

by Liberty

We were on a 6 day vacation in Maui. We had a beautiful hotel, great food and activities. All was fantastic. On the 4th day we decided to spend the day just sun bathing on the beach. We laid out, put sun screen on and were enjoying the heat and ocean. My husband fell asleep, as usual. After about an hour, we got up and decided to lay under an umbrella.

Unfortunately, my husband's feet were out in the sun with no sun screen on. When we finally got up to go inside, we noticed how red his feet were. By afternoon, his feet were red and swollen. He couldn't wear shoes and had to hobble around bare feet. It was a funny and bad situation. I hope we can make another trip soon and this time we will soak ourselves in sun screen.

Hi Liberty,

Thanks so much for sharing your story! I was wincing as I read it! The hot sun in Hawaii definitely takes some getting used to, and the ease with which you can sunburn is unreal!

Back when we were on our honeymoon in Hawaii, we took a bus tour around the island of Oahu... the bus had darkly tinted windows, so I hadn't bothered to put any sunscreen on that morning. Well, I had a window seat, and by the end of the day, I had managed to get my arm sunburnt THROUGH those darkly tinted windows! I couldn't believe it!

All I can say is every day in Hawaii is now an SPF 30 sunscreen day for me!

Sheralyn
:)