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Posted on 05/15/2006 by Spike
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Today was a fun filled day of excitement and terror, which are often interchangeable! Rising at an early hour, we slathered ourselves in sunscreen and bathing suits, grabbed the self-contained grocery store out of the hotel room fridge, and headed for the deep blue. Ocean, that is. Thats right, the Angels decided that the best way to celebrate Mothers Day was to go snorkeling!
I was pumped; I had never been snorkeling before, and the thought of what might be out there waiting to eat me made my innards turn to goo, or maybe that was just the 150 degree weather cooking me for my future predator. I was nervous and anxious and thrilled at the same time. There are things in the ocean that are bigger than me, that can swim faster than me, that have more powerful jaws than me, and that are most certainly hungrier than me. In my quick psychoanalytical assessment of this unexpected fear I concluded that it stemmed from my phobia of horses, minus the eating me part, that was probably Jaws.
My butterflies flew away for a spell when Lady realized the buckle on her bikini top had exploded. I had to laugh. This was not the first time her bikini top decided not to cooperate in the land of the non-revealing; the last time we were in Florida it did the same thing. As I chuckled at her untimely misfortune, grateful for the momentary somethingsgonnaeatme relief, I felt a snap, crackle, and pop on the small of my back, and suddenly my anxiety returned with a brand new force: my top broke too. What were the odds? I figured it was karmic revenge. Isabella laughed too, but she was wearing a one piece. Curses.
Luckily, there was an emergency needle and thread in the car, and we sewed our respective suits together just in time to board the Sea Eagle. After a delightfully seasick free 45 minute ride we arrived at the reef, were issued with snorkels and flippers, and jumped right in to the salty waters. It took me awhile to get adjusted to the equipment, and after inhaling half the ocean I finally got the hang of it, and suddenly noticed: Wow. There's fish. There were fish all around me. A friendly, yellow tailed, school of fish that liked to swim with and around us. My bravery grew, and I began to explore the reef:
I saw a barracuda from a safe distance, and up close a tiny dark blue fish that looked like someone decorated it with electric blue and green Christmas lights that was playing in the corral. The variety of life was totally amazing. I saw some angelfish bigger than my head and I swam towards them for a closer look. Then I saw a fish bigger than me and I swam away to avoid being dinner.
Isabella later told me that she saw a school of tarpon fish 4-6 feet in length, but then her leg brushed up against some seaweed and she freaked, which resulted in freaking the fish, which resulted in them swimming away before getting a chance to eat me. Isabella probably saved my life.
Our snorkeling adventure rivaled the release of POSEIDON, only more exciting. Way more exciting. |
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