After my phone fell victim to the Pacific ocean last week I vowed never to take my phone to the beach again. I lied!
Anyone who is familiar with Oahu knows that the "country" in these here parts is more commonly known as the North Shore. We made the stop in Hale'iwa for the must have shave ice - and continued on thinking we'd make a stop at the temple grounds in La'ie to grab a sighting of Mark Eubank (sans the white jacket). We stopped to oooh and aaahh at the beach where they film for the tv show Lost and nearly tripped over the huge rocks all over the place! Check out that big ol' one in the foreground. . . .
After we spotted these beautiful creatures basking in the warm afternoon sun - I sent Dave back to the car to grab whatever was available to record our findings. The phone to the rescue!
We spent quite a while just watching these gentle giants.
There were only 2 honu on the beach this afternoon, Brutus and Punahele.
But they were magnificent.
There is a local organization that keeps watch and tries to educate the public about this threatened species. The Honu Guardians were excellent at keeping us humans at a fair distance (being within 6 feet of these guys sends their anxiety levels sky high) and answering the many many questions.
In conclusion:
Mark Eubank lost out to the turtles.
I'm so glad I had my phone!
P.S. - we've signed up to be Honu Guardians 2 shifts a month! I'm such a sucker for volunteering.
2 comments:
That is so cool! I'm glad you had your phone so I could see it. We've seen pictures.... very old pictures of some friends who saw a turtle here many, many years ago. She rode it back to the water. It was even bigger than these guys. I guess it's anxiety was pretty darn high.
How beautiful! What a great thing to volunteer for!
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