Swimming with the Fishes!

     We weren't quite as crafty with orchestrating today's adventure and so it started out a little slow.  Everyone seemed to have a great time snorkeling at Camano Island, the last stop on the tour itinerary, and I finally had success with the underwater camera!!  I'm a little bummed that we didn't get to swim with the sea lions but I won't complain.  (Caamano is known as Sea Lion island).

Mom captured another beautiful sunrise.

John may have found a Striated Heron... or we could call it a Green Footed Long Legged Birdy.

Our guide was very sweet and he'd lived in the Islands for over 30 years (based on his stories), but there was a little bit of waiting around.  Luckily, we can make the most of any situation :)

Iguana Swimming: http://youtu.be/hzoZ8_nilUw

Our guide said this channel is called "Lover's Channel,"  then he revealed he's been trying to get everyone use this name for 30 years.  Apparently when there were very few inhabitants on Santa Cruz, couples used to frequent this waterway for a little privacy.  Well alrighty.

Playa los perros.  Not a single dog here though... just more Iguanas.  Our guide did show us Iguana nests!  They build L-shaped tunnels and lay around 15 eggs.  Incubation takes around 120 days.

They just blend right in.

To reach Caamano we needed to cross the bay into open sea and riding those big waves was so much fun in our little boat <):-)   Our guide was cracking us up by wearing his snorkeling equipment since we were all getting drenched by the ocean spray.

It was a soggy trip :)

I was chasing these guys all over!  It looked like he had a light inside his body.  Glowing blue polka dots.

Mom

Me

Mom and John

 

That's all for today folks!  

I'm going to see about a final excursion for me and Jack and finish my souvenir shopping :)