So today was our first day to swim in the ocean and we went snorkeling. We'd never been before and let's just say the picture I had in mind was a little different. We went at 10, which was low tide. Don't let that fool you though...The waves were very choppy and the water would reach about to our calves so every time a wave would hit we would hold on to dear life and we wouldn't realize that ohh we could just stand up. So we have quite a few pretty sweet cuts all over our legs. Who knew snorkeling could be so dangerous?? We stayed about 5 min. at Flower Pot Rock and David did not think it was safe enough so we left. We had just gotten used to the water..but then we drove about 20 min. longer to go to Tisa's, which is more of a sandy beach area, the other was more just lava rock. That's why we got all the cuts...but this was still rough water with coral and lava rock as well. We start out here and we our warned that the current is very strong so not to go out very far at all. Snorkeling is not as easy as it might seem...Here are some of the things that can happen:
1. Waves can hit you unannounced and you get blown away and either thrown against a rock or into another person
2. Your snorkel can not work...or maybe I had no idea how to use it..and can suffocate you
3. When you try to clear out your mask the only hair that you have can be ripped out b/c it is tangled so bad from the water
4. You also can see the coolest coral of different colors like red, orange, and purple.
5. You can see blue fish, yellow fish, a school of fish, big fish, baby fish, white and black striped fish, spotted fish, and even eels (David saw one and he was kind enough not to point the eel out to us) I would've gone crazy
6. And just when you get the hang of snorkeling you hear the "lifeguard who charges $1000 to save someone and your missionary yelling at the 3 interns that we've gone too far. "Girls come back!! Girls!!...Lifeguard whistling..." Just for the record we were only like 20 yds away but the tide was changing pretty fast I guess and the waves were getting pretty big..Remember this isn't Galveston
7. Once you finish you have sand everywhere, which was kind of annoying.
End of Snorkeling.
Then with our wet selves and all we went to the National Park, aka The North Side of the Island where basically no one lives.
It was beautiful more like a rain forest but then you could go out and see the ocean at different outlets. There was this area of rocks that made up the beach area and the ocean made a really neat sound b/c it was hitting all the rocks and smoothing them out it sounded more like thunder than ocean waves it was really neat.
The moral of the day is that God's creation here Is not possible to miss, It is powerful, It is enormous, It is beyond beautiful! It is made by my God who is the Creator of all things...and these things are AMAZING!!
1. Waves can hit you unannounced and you get blown away and either thrown against a rock or into another person
2. Your snorkel can not work...or maybe I had no idea how to use it..and can suffocate you
3. When you try to clear out your mask the only hair that you have can be ripped out b/c it is tangled so bad from the water
4. You also can see the coolest coral of different colors like red, orange, and purple.
5. You can see blue fish, yellow fish, a school of fish, big fish, baby fish, white and black striped fish, spotted fish, and even eels (David saw one and he was kind enough not to point the eel out to us) I would've gone crazy
6. And just when you get the hang of snorkeling you hear the "lifeguard who charges $1000 to save someone and your missionary yelling at the 3 interns that we've gone too far. "Girls come back!! Girls!!...Lifeguard whistling..." Just for the record we were only like 20 yds away but the tide was changing pretty fast I guess and the waves were getting pretty big..Remember this isn't Galveston
7. Once you finish you have sand everywhere, which was kind of annoying.
End of Snorkeling.
Then with our wet selves and all we went to the National Park, aka The North Side of the Island where basically no one lives.
It was beautiful more like a rain forest but then you could go out and see the ocean at different outlets. There was this area of rocks that made up the beach area and the ocean made a really neat sound b/c it was hitting all the rocks and smoothing them out it sounded more like thunder than ocean waves it was really neat.
The moral of the day is that God's creation here Is not possible to miss, It is powerful, It is enormous, It is beyond beautiful! It is made by my God who is the Creator of all things...and these things are AMAZING!!
4 comments:
Your eventful ocean experience reminds me of our last venture into the Pacific together. Remember going to the beach in Malibu for about four minutes because it was so cold?
By the way, what kind of strange island custom is it for lifeguards charge people to save them? Isn't that what lifeguards do by definition? Do crossing guards on the island charge children to keep the traffic at bay? ("500 bucks, kid, or take your chances")
Girls - Just got caught up on your blogs - the snorkeling sounds like a mixture of beauty and pain. Think I could get a private lesson on the "fast hip dance" - Sounds like you are both blessing and being blessing - I'm with you on how awesome our creator and God is - the pictures you've sent are beautiful - beth
It's a good thing I find out about these adventures after they happen. I would not sleep a wink!! Happy and blessed to read about how He is working though you and for you!!
I've heard that rumbling thunder noise that the water makes when it crashes against the rocks! HE IS POWERFUL! Glad you had a good time and survived it all! :D
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