Serene Sunday!

Wow and wow!  It was a perfect day at the beach today and the conditions were perfect.  It was great paddling down to the boat ramp and I was the only one there for a little while.  I was immediately greeted by a large turtle, that popped up to my right!  Then two more followed ahead of me.  A kayak with a couple of tourists stopped by and we saw another turtle!  The kayakers moved on and suddenly I was surrounded by three more turtles!  Before I knew it, there were three more turtles all around me…..I was in turtle heaven!  I paddled out farther and was met by two more turtles, one of them much smaller than the rest.  It was probably a young one and was very inquisitive!  The next thing I knew, three more turtles surfaced and I was surrounded again! I was ecstatic.  Suddenly the pontoon tour boat roared in to drop off snorkelers, so I was happy with my fifteen turtles!  On my way back, I ran into a paddling friend and we chatted for a few minutes, then we parted ways and I paddled back by myself in still perfect conditions.  I swam in a clear ocean and saw many fish down by the reef and rocks!  It was just one of those days…….PERFECT!