Stormy!

So this is how it started out……very stormy looking and the rain was threatening!  After I missed yesterday due to some unpleasant personal complications….I just HAD to go out on the ocean!  I “needed” turtles!  Well, I decided to paddle south towards the boat ramp even though I knew I might find myself in the middle of rain.  I ran into a paddling friend and we decided to go all the way down to the boat ramp.  Amazingly, by the time we got there, the clouds had moved around and the rain looked less threatening!  In fact, it got downright gorgeous right before our eyes!  The turtles must have been in hiding with the overcast skies because we only saw two turtles and they weren’t hanging on the surface like usual.  We headed back and it got more beautiful out on the ocean!  We paddled down to Charley Young Beach and watched three whales jumping around out about a mile or so!  Then on the way in, one more turtle surfaced outside of Kam I.  Three turtles today was better than none!  I am so glad I braved the stormy conditions and went out.  I took a short walk and then headed in for my swim.  It was very nice conditions for swimming and the sky got an amazing surreal mix of filtered sun, blue sky and assorted clouds….it was so beautiful!  The skies then got darker and more threatening again so I don’t know what is to come by tomorrow.  We’ll see!