Today was all about options.
Options are good, especially when snorkeling.
I went out this morning at an amazing little beach called Hideaways. I already sort of hyperventilate when I’m out in the ocean. I don’t think they make tubes big enough for me to breathe through without feeling like I’m being starved of oxygen. Being out there alone only made it worse. So imagine my relief when a couple of other guys showed up. See, if a shark showed up and I was the only option, I’d be toast, figuratively speaking. I’d be meat to the shark. But with the other guys there the shark would have options.
I went out this morning at an amazing little beach called Hideaways. I already sort of hyperventilate when I’m out in the ocean. I don’t think they make tubes big enough for me to breathe through without feeling like I’m being starved of oxygen. Being out there alone only made it worse. So imagine my relief when a couple of other guys showed up. See, if a shark showed up and I was the only option, I’d be toast, figuratively speaking. I’d be meat to the shark. But with the other guys there the shark would have options.
There was a skinny, shorter little guy from California. I don’t think the shark would find him very appetizing. Or at least not very filling, anyways. But, his buddy was a taller, plumper guy from Germany. Sort of a BrÓ“t snorkeler. A shark could feast on that guy for a week. It’s amazing how much more relaxed I became when those guys were there.
Like other days and other places I saw an amazing array of fish. I rounded a large bit of coral and encountered about a 5 foot long eel.
Like other days and other places I saw an amazing array of fish. I rounded a large bit of coral and encountered about a 5 foot long eel.
I peed a little with that.
A little while later I’d taken a break for a minute and was on the shore when a really big sea turtle mozied by just 15 feet off the beach. Sadly I’d set my gear elsewhere on the beach and walked down a bit so I ran back to get it and by the time I got back it was long gone. Perhaps I’ll see another one on another day. What amazes me is that you see a fish that you think is so crazy looking and yet there’s always another crazier looking one after that.
Oh, and I bought a wetsuit this morning too.
Man do I look goofy in a wetsuit.
Wetsuits accentuate all your bodily negatives. It showed that I have no muscles in my legs whatsoever and made my gut stick out so I looked like a lollipop balancing on it's stick. But it was warm.
Without it I could only last about 20 to 30 minutes in the water before getting too cold to stay in. With it I was out for almost 2 hours in one stint at Hideaways.
Anyways, today was a great day. I little more sun and a little less rain, mainly in the afternoon. Perhaps tomorrow will hold even better weather. The coral and the fish look so much more colorful in the sun.
Aloha till tomorrow.
1 comment:
Your story with the weird guy was hilarious! Looks like you guys are having fun!
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