Beautiful Honu!

Well, the south swell is diminishing, but still hanging around enough to muck up the water visibility.  After two days out of the water, I was ready to get back in today!  The wind was playing games though, coming up and backing off, and since I got a late start today, I didn’t trust it so I paddled north.  I ran into a paddling buddy I haven’t seen since May 8th, so we paddled north together.  She had been out since earlier in the morning and came in when the wind started pushing her around, and was now out paddling a second time!  We paddled down to Cove Park and the south swell was still bringing in some waves for the surfers.  We stopped for a while and chatted, but no turtles appeared.  We turned around and paddled south just in time for the wind to come in again, making the water ripply.  We paddled down to Kam II and then my friend decided to go in, so I turned around again and paddled into the wind, north.  By the time I got half-way past Kam I, the wind backed off again!  The conditions got pretty nice and I saw my husband swimming towards me.  He was headed south and I was headed north so we passed each other!  I continued to paddle north in better conditions and made my way down to Cove Park again.  This time I saw two turtles swimming, but they weren’t hanging around.  I decided to paddle back to Kam I and go in while the conditions were better so I could swim.  The wind mostly cooperated and my swim was smooth, although the water visibility was not the best.  The water definitely felt good though!  The wind came up in a frenzy about 11:00 a.m. and sand started blowing, so it was time to go home.  I hope the swell is all gone by tomorrow and the water visibility starts to improve since I really miss seeing my fish and turtles!  Well I can hope anyway…..