Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Today we headed for a beach called the Oyster Stacks to go snorkeling, and it certainly lived up to all the hype we’d heard.  It was kind of rocky so I decided to wait till Bill checked it out and then decide if I wanted to go in or not. Well he came back pretty quickly and said "you have to go in, it’s amazing."  It was very shallow although the currents were kind of strong in some areas. We saw some really interesting fish and corals we’d not seen before, including ones that looked like giant cabbage heads and some long, skinny fish called trumpet fish, like this one here. 

Afterwards we headed to the next beach up the road, Turquoise Bay, which was an absolutely beautiful sandy beach, also with exceptional snorkeling.  It was hot, close to 85 degrees and the water was warm.  Of course, because of the reef, there are no waves near the shore, and as I was sitting there in the shallow water, watching the waves break way out on the reef, I just kept thinking, "ahhh, paradise."