I love turtles!

The day started out pretty overcast, but it wasn’t windy at all.  The conditions on the ocean were perfect and glassy, so I was eager to get out there!  It was pure joy paddling on the glassy water and the overcast skies made it cooler, so my trip down to the boat ramp was great!  It seemed no one else was around  when I arrived, so I pretty much had a perfect day there all to myself.  I immediately spotted a turtle down by the boat land, so I hustled down there, only to have a boat take off and scare it away!  After the wake from the boat settled down, it was perfect and glassy again.  I sat back on my board to wait for the turtles, and they started to surface one at a time allowing me to visit with each one of them!  Then two surfaced at the same time and I paddled over to sit in between them.  This went on for quite a while until I had counted fifteen turtles!  I was very happy with that but then suddenly five turtles surfaced all at once for a nice grand finale!   I loved it.  Then out farther one more turtle surfaced and I paddled out to it.  That made twenty-one turtles for today….wow!  The conditions were still nice except a wind from the north had emerged, so I paddled back over some consistent bumps.  I wondered if it was going to get windy, so  I was glad I was almost back.  As soon as I came in, the wind backed off and it was glassy and calm again.  It was nice when I went swimming too, but just as I was ready to come in, the wind came up again.  The wind just couldn’t decide what it was going to do!  The skies got more cloudy and out in the distance over the ocean, it looked like it was raining.  As I got ready to leave the beach I was thinking how nice it would be if we actually got some rain.  It’s been quite dry lately and we could always use some rain!  It was still a really nice day for the beach….