Beautiful Sunday!

Okay, it was a gorgeous Sunday morning,  with a breeze blowing from the South.  The sky was covered in white and silver puffy clouds with some wispy clouds mixed in between, and the mountain looked stormy.  I don’t think I would have wanted to be upcountry today because it looked like it was raining like crazy!  I paddled down to the boat ramp hoping to see my turtle friends, but when I arrived, so had the pontoon tour boat with its snorkelers.  There were also quite a few paddlers there as well so it was actually kind of crowded!  I ran into a paddling friend and we decided to move over to the other side of the boat ramp to see if we could find some turtles.  We chatted and waited, and chatted and waited, but NO turtles appeared.  The wind had backed off and it was perfect at the boat ramp, but I wondered if it was too busy for the turtles to come around.  Eventually the boat and the other paddlers moved on and my friend also moved on.  I waited a few more minutes, and finally ONE turtles surfaced to greet me!   It hung around with me for a few minutes, but then there were no other turtles and that was so strange.  I paddled back in nice conditions, but when I went for my swim, the wind had picked back up again and it was a bit choppy.  The water clarity was very good, though, so I did enjoy the fish down by the reefs and rocks.  I even saw a fish I had not seen before in that spot.  It was about a foot long, black and had all purple fins.  How interesting!!!!!