Wow! Sea Turtles!

A morning visit to Snorkel Bob's and the family was off to the beach! Comment from Zachary: Please no more shopping!

Our first attempt at getting Christa to snorkel in the ocean didn't go very well. The most difficult part of the activity is gettig past the crashing waves. Add fins, a snorkel, and a mask that is giving her a facelift, and you can imagine the results.

The plan: Let's try it out in the pool first. Sure enough, 30 minutes in the pool with the gear on and she was ready to head back to the salt water.

The "Black Rock" snorkeling area is a very close walk from our place at The Whaler. The snorkeling there was great! Barrett, Zachary, and mommy snorkled together while daddy went hand-in-hand with Christa. We had a blast! Beyond all the cool fish, the highlight was seeing sea turtles. We're not talking little guys--we're talking turtles the size of Christa and Zachary! If you could only see the size of Christa's eyes when she saw the turtle for the first time! We're talking eyes that shouted "WHOOOOOA!"

We hung out at the beach until sunset, watching the torch lighting and cliff diving ceremony on Black Rock. We waddled home, chilled out, then grilled (Kirkland) salmon on the BBQ's provided by the complex. We ate like Hawaiian kings. It took the kids literally minutes before they fell asleep. What a great day!