Three Day Weekend - Day 2

So what do you do after you've spotted whales? You go looking for Sea Turtle close-ups of course! DeAnna had heard of a beach where turtles are almost always around. Not so surprisingly, it's called Turtle Beach!

The beach is along the north shore, but it's not as popular as other beaches because it is rocky and waves pound upon it, making it difficult to swim or walk. Naturally, we were prepared... we were wearing our swimsuits, layers of SPF 50 sunscreen, Keen water sandals and our nifty waterproof cameras!

Armed with no idea of what to do, we climbed out on slimy rocks and into the surf watching for sea turtles. Before long, we saw one in the water just beyond the rocks.



However, we couldn't get much closer so we took some pictures among the rocks like this nifty picture of a Spiny Sea Urchin or this underwater movie of fish trapped in a tidal pool.







After a while climbing along the rocks, we came upon a sea turtle rest area! Several turtles were on the beach and among the rocks in the water. We slowly approached and snapped pictures from the beach and in the water You can see some of the results below.

Sadly, while taking these shots, both of our underwater cameras stopped working. After a little investigation, we found that some water had leaked into the battery compartment. It seems strange that after abusing these cameras so much yesterday that they'd both fail while wading around in the shallow, calm waters of a tidal pool. We're hoping that we can get them replaced soon...