I got a little bit of a late start this morning and then had to wait for a parking spot.  I wanted to get out paddling as soon as possible, but sometimes the best laid plans don’t always work out!  I was in the water by 8:30 a.m. though so that wasn’t too bad.   Almost immediately I came across two turtles just outside of Kam I!  I decided to follow one of them for a while, but when it occurred to me it was taking me in circles, I took the hint and moved on.  Down by the boat ramp I ended up in turtle heaven!  I counted about 6 or 7 turtles,  all sizes.  It was so peaceful down there, I just laid on my board and watched the turtles checking me out!  I must have spent about twenty minutes doing that and I had the turtles all to myself, until two other paddles joined me.  Then a big dive boat roared out of the boat ramp, and instead of moving slowly straight out, it turned and drove fast right by me and the turtles!  I had to sit through the wake the boat created until the water calmed and that was very inconsiderate.  I imagined that the turtles dove down to escape the boat, but when the water calmed, up popped one of the smaller turtles!  Out of the corner of my eye, I saw three kayakers heading in our direction, so I bid farewell to my turtle friend and paddled back to Kam I.