I know, I know. I post, like, EVERY day lately. But we're trying to do it all before we leave and I want to have a record of it!
On Saturday we went down to the cove. I went with Megan's family to hike to the tide pools. To get there, you have to climb over this rocky terrain that reminded me like something out of a space movie:
When Jaron saw my pictures, he told me we missed the biggest pools. But the ones we saw were pretty neat.
Some of them were teaming with life, including small sea urchins. The sea urchins in the ocean grow much larger - with bigger spikes.
They were also full of these speedy fish that were darting all over the pool:
Megan and I also got the opportunity to snorkel a bit while the menfolk watched the kids. The water was the smoothest I've ever seen it (it's tough to snorkel in waves). I wish SO BAD that I'd had an underwater camera! But Megan did so if she emails me some pictures, you know me, I WILL post 'em! ;-) We saw big sea urchins, coral, fluorescent fish and Megan saw a sting ray right under me but I missed it. It was AMAZING!
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UPDATE:
Jaron and I took the kids back to the tide pools tonight, when the sun wasn't so hot and MY CAMERA DIED! I just about died too - there was some be-eautiful stuff we saw. We went over further towards the cove and found a ton more pools - I can't believe we didn't see them the first time I went. But I did snap a couple of pictures before the camera died, just nothing too cool:
I actually got more pictures of this before the camera died than I did the tide pools:
It was the CLEAREST day I've ever seen here today! Not only could we see the neighboring islands, we could see details on them like beaches and buildings! And the ocean is still SO CALM!
6 comments:
i LOVE it that you post every day! It is so amazing that you live there!! I am semi-jealous cause I doubt i could handle all the hard stuff! but you are amazing!!
What an awesome day. Ryan would LOVE to be able to take a biology class to a place like that. So much life to explore. Glad you have been able to have so many neat adventures on the island.
Thanks for letting me "relive" the life I miss so badly.
Tidal pools was a fav of mine. Went there often.
I enjoyed this week's pictures. Looks like you are capturing a lot of memories on film.
Post EVERYTHING! I want to see it ALL! :)
Becky, I noticed that the neighboring islands looks so close yesterday that I thought I could see details on their beaches! What wonderful pictures you have of the tidepools, one of my favorite places on the island. Your children are nice ages to live here.
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