Beautiful day!

Early in the week it did get stormy, then there were rough conditions and yesterday the VOG was so thick that the day seemed dark all day.  I couldn’t even see the mountain!  I really hoped that today would be different and it was!  When I got up, I looked out the door and most of the VOG had blown away and the sun was starting to come out.  I was ecstatic!  The conditions at the beach were nice and calm too so I couldn’t wait to get out there.  I paddled down to the boat ramp and just as I was entering the area, a turtle popped up right in front of me!  Then a second turtle popped up beyond the first turtle!  Then two turtles surfaced near me and I cruised up and sat between them.  I spotted a turtle farther north so I paddled over.  It was a very friendly turtle and it hung out with me for quite a while so I called it my buddy for the day!  After the five turtles, a lull set in and I didn’t see any other turtles but I stayed down there anyway.  Just as I was thinking about paddling back, more turtles started to surface!  First there were three in a row……. then two disappeared and one remained. Then another turtle popped up and I was in the middle again!  I had plenty of turtles so by the time I counted nineteen…… I decided to paddle back.  It ended up being a great turtle day!  The conditions stayed nice all the way back so I decided to paddle down to Charley Young Beach.  It was so nice out on the water that I hated coming in!  My swim was nice too, although the visibility is still kicked up, but I enjoyed it anyway.  The only thing I didn’t do was go hang at the reef today, but I don’t like to do that when the water isn’t clear…… no point in tempting fate!  I know the sharks live out there!  Anyway, I hope tomorrow is as nice as today and just maybe the water will clear up!