I was so desperate to go out paddling!  I woke up and looked outside and there was no wind blowing and the sun was coming up.   I got down to the beach as soon as I could!  It was so nice!  I hopped on my board and headed south to the boat ramp.  One turtle surfaced just as I paddled in but it disappeared.  Then another turtle popped up near my board and it was friendly!  Then I spotted another turtle and paddled over to it.  That turtle was also friendly!  One more turtle surprised me so I lingered.  Big mistake!  Suddenly the wind blew in crazy and within minutes I was paddling in a sea of white caps!  Oh how I wish I had paid attention to the conditions!  What a struggle paddling back!  It took me forever to get past Kam 3 and I contemplated bailing out there.  Then I made it to Kam 2 and the wind was relentless!  Once again I contemplated bailing out!   I just kept paddling and eventually…… Made it back to Kam 1.  I was exhausted!  I got in okay and the wind kept it up.  Somehow I managed to get my board up onto my racks without it blowing away.  Next up was swimming.  I already knew it was going to be a choppy swim so I decided to swim against the wind and go north.  I got three quarters of the way down to the rocks at Charley Young beach and my arms were so fatigued!  I turned around to swim back and a big besutiful turtle appeared next to me!  It was heading north so I turned around to swim with it.  My arms were so tired so I left the turtle and swam back.  Luckily the wind gave me a push back!  That was five turtles for the day!  Tomorrow we are supposed to feel the effects of the hurricane passing to the north of the islands but I hope the morning is calm…… I think I better get out earlier!

Four turtles at the boat ramp

Buddy!