Amazing turtles!

After the unpredictable wind yesterday, I checked the beach cam to see if it was windy before I went down to the beach.  It was looking very good so when I got down there and it was a bit breezy…… I was annoyed.  I went out anyway and headed south.  Just as I was passing into Kam II, the wind backed off and it got perfect and glassy!  It was great paddling to the boat ramp and when I was passing Kam III, a big turtle surprised me so I stopped to visit with it.  After it dove down and disappeared, I continued on to the boat ramp.  One turtle popped up as I paddled into the area, and then it dove down.  Then I had to wait awhile for more turtles.  Two other women paddlers were sitting nearby and when they left, the turtles started to come up! After five turtles had surfaced, I paddled farther north to sit.  Suddenly five more turtles popped up and I was surrounded!  The water was so calm and I just laid back on my board to enjoy the turtles.  Even with my eyes closed, I could hear the turtles surfacing and I would look to the side of my board and see a turtle head looking at me!  This went on for quite a few minutes.  Then I heard a voice saying, “Look at all those turtles by her!”….. and that was followed by, “Hey, isn’t that the dolphin lady?”  Then I heard a male voice say, “She’s the turtle lady too….I think she has some special pheromone that attracts the turtles……”.  The woman laughed and as I sat up on my board, she said, “You seem to attract the turtles…..you must be a hit with the men on land!”  Hmmmmm……I wasn’t exactly sure if this was a compliment or not!  Then I said I was just hanging out with my buddies.  It was so funny!  By the time I had counted twelve turtles at the boat ramp and one turtle at Kam III, that made thirteen turtles for the day!  I paddled back in perfect conditions and it stayed perfect all the way through my swim.  I even saw the large Ulua’s today again, but this time there were only five of them.  It was such a perfectly beautiful day…..and just what I ordered!