Today was filled with sand, sand in your hair, in your swimsuit, in all the snorkel gear and even the life jackets have some sand stuck in them. We hung out on the beach all morning, playing in the waves and Alivia and I went snorkeling for a good while and followed this cute turtle around. It was a very friendly turtle and was not afraid of people AT ALL. It came so close to us once I could have easily reached out and touched it. However I could see a headline "WHEN TURTLES ATTACK...." and so I quickly made some distance between the two of us. Although other people would gently touch it's shell, I was not so brave. They are amazing creatures, and so graceful and peaceful to watch. I could watch them all day. I wish I knew how to judge it's age, I would say it was middle aged, it was medium sized and often followed a bigger turtle around, and at times the bigger turtle would kind of nudge the other turtle away from him.
The grounds at this hotel are so amazing!! The trees aren't quite in complete bloom but have some blossoms and the wind blows them off. The boys everyday hand me one of these flowers to put in my hair.
After lunch we went snorkeling on the other side of the bay and didn't see as many turtles as I thought we would. There were two baby turtles and lots of really cool fish, very colorful fish, with some polka dot puffer fish. This area is not as easy to get in and out of the water because of the rocks and as I was getting out a big wave came up as I was getting out and I scraped my pinky toe. As I was drying off my toe was bleeding pretty good and as I checked it out I had a pretty good cut. Luckily it stopped bleeding but it is pretty swollen tonight.
We ended the day in the pool, I brought a few magazines and I keep forgetting to bring them with me but this afternoon I finally got caught up on some of my magazines. It was nice and relaxing.
This morning as we were at the beach you could see out in the distance a few whales breaching? or coming out of the water and crashing back down, you could also see them blow air out of their blowholes. It was so cool, I would love to see them closer up. One of these times, check it off my bucket list. It was amazing how big the splash was from where I was I bet close up it is just huge!
Ben and his Canadian skin, we have sun-blocked him up but he still is getting pretty red.
Kessler and his growing confidence, he is getting more brave jumping off the edges, letting his head go under water. I decided I am going to do a few swimming lessons for Bauer and Kessler when we get home.
I have been trying hard to keep my face covered while we have been here, but I can't promise I won't come home with raccoon eyes:)
