Fri, 23 Mar .....
Christie and i left for West Bay for our Glass Bottom Boat trip with 5th and 6th graders from yesterday .... several of the little girls came up and gave me a big hug ... ;) ...and one of the little boys remembered my name !!!!! .... impressive ! ... we saw another turtle on the trip ... that was good for the kids to see.
then to Anthony's Key Resort, for their Dolphin Show with 1st graders .... they really enjoyed it. when we got back to West End Christie wanted to know if i wanted to go to Rudy's for a smoothie :) ...this time i had pineapple coconut and it was obvious it was all fresh fruit ...yummmmmm
got ready to snorkel and decided to swim out to the Blue Channel. Marti and i went out there a couple of times last year .... you have to swim about 10min to get out to the reef .... when i got to the shallows i saw this Magnificent FeatherDuster .... you can really see the paperlike tube that he lives in ...
there is a large channel out there that cuts through the reef ...and guess what? ...it looks 'blue' ....hence the name :) ...i love the feeling i get when i'm snorkeling over the reef and come up to the edge of the 'wall' ... you know that 'flip' you get in your stomach when you look over the edge of a tall building or side of mountain and it's straight down ... but when you are snorkeling, ....you can just 'jump off' ... and 'fly' over it ... like Superman ...it's so cool :) ...but i can't seem to get a photo that shows what i mean ...
a lot of the larger fish hang out on the wall close to the deep blue ... i saw several Groupers, but they are down pretty deep, and by the time i free dive down there, they are usually gone. but i did get a chance to take some photos of two Scrawled FileFish ....
i LOVE these fish .... they have such an unusual shape, and are usually not in a big hurry to go anywhere
this one swam right up to me, i thought it was going to run into me ...
i got a this picture of the Yellowtail DamselFish ... they are so quick, i was happy to get this one almost in focus ...
i saw this dead Sea Biscuit upside down on the sand and placed it right side up on this rock ....
then out of the corner of my eye a saw my FIRST Queen TriggerFish of the year! ... but it quickly swam behind this coral and away ....:( ...you can only see it's back half in this photo ...
then i realized why ... 2 guys were flayling their arms and legs around ... and then one was STANDING on the coral while they talking! ...they were adults! ... the one guy swam away, but i told the other guy that his friend was standing on the coral; he sheepishly said 'i know' .... i gave him a quick 'lecture' ... grrrrrrrrrr ....
ok, now i know everyone has heard a 'big fish' story .... but OMG ... i saw the HUGEST lobster i've EVER seen ! ....and he obviously wasn't afraid of anything .... he was walking right out in the open ... during the day you always see them hiding under coral. ...he stood so tall on giant 8" legs ...
he walked right in front of me and then climbed up this coral head .... like he was on a mission ...
i quickly went around to see if i could see him coming out the other side ... sure enough ... like he had his marching orders .... i took some video, that i'll add to my collection ...
i was actually intimidated by him ... and kept backing up as i was filming ... they can't hurt you since they don't have claws like the Maine Lobsters ... but i respected him :) ...look at his eyes ! WoW ...
i've never seen a Feather Duster this bright red color ...
then i decided to head in ... i'd been out there 1.5 hrs ... then i spotted this coral head with lots of activity going on inside .... through a hole in the coral i saw the body of this Spotted Moray Eel ... but it would NOT come out of his hiding place ...... but he did finally show his face ...
then i noticed this Reticulate Moray Eel, that kept teasing me ....
they only get to be about 18inches and when they open their mouths and that makes them look like they want to bite you, ...but this is really the only way that they can breathe ... .so it's not an aggressive jesture ... but i'm sure there are people you couldn't convince of that fact ... :)
after another 1/2 hr trying to get photos, i finally i started swimming for shore .... 10min later i spotted this Southern StingRay about 10 yds from shore ! ...he was small, but it was the first one i've seen since i left Belize ...
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there is a large channel out there that cuts through the reef ...and guess what? ...it looks 'blue' ....hence the name :) ...i love the feeling i get when i'm snorkeling over the reef and come up to the edge of the 'wall' ... you know that 'flip' you get in your stomach when you look over the edge of a tall building or side of mountain and it's straight down ... but when you are snorkeling, ....you can just 'jump off' ... and 'fly' over it ... like Superman ...it's so cool :) ...but i can't seem to get a photo that shows what i mean ...
a lot of the larger fish hang out on the wall close to the deep blue ... i saw several Groupers, but they are down pretty deep, and by the time i free dive down there, they are usually gone. but i did get a chance to take some photos of two Scrawled FileFish ....
i LOVE these fish .... they have such an unusual shape, and are usually not in a big hurry to go anywhere
this one swam right up to me, i thought it was going to run into me ...
i got a this picture of the Yellowtail DamselFish ... they are so quick, i was happy to get this one almost in focus ...
i saw this dead Sea Biscuit upside down on the sand and placed it right side up on this rock ....
then out of the corner of my eye a saw my FIRST Queen TriggerFish of the year! ... but it quickly swam behind this coral and away ....:( ...you can only see it's back half in this photo ...
then i realized why ... 2 guys were flayling their arms and legs around ... and then one was STANDING on the coral while they talking! ...they were adults! ... the one guy swam away, but i told the other guy that his friend was standing on the coral; he sheepishly said 'i know' .... i gave him a quick 'lecture' ... grrrrrrrrrr ....
ok, now i know everyone has heard a 'big fish' story .... but OMG ... i saw the HUGEST lobster i've EVER seen ! ....and he obviously wasn't afraid of anything .... he was walking right out in the open ... during the day you always see them hiding under coral. ...he stood so tall on giant 8" legs ...
he walked right in front of me and then climbed up this coral head .... like he was on a mission ...
i quickly went around to see if i could see him coming out the other side ... sure enough ... like he had his marching orders .... i took some video, that i'll add to my collection ...
i was actually intimidated by him ... and kept backing up as i was filming ... they can't hurt you since they don't have claws like the Maine Lobsters ... but i respected him :) ...look at his eyes ! WoW ...
i've never seen a Feather Duster this bright red color ...
then i decided to head in ... i'd been out there 1.5 hrs ... then i spotted this coral head with lots of activity going on inside .... through a hole in the coral i saw the body of this Spotted Moray Eel ... but it would NOT come out of his hiding place ...... but he did finally show his face ...
then i noticed this Reticulate Moray Eel, that kept teasing me ....
they only get to be about 18inches and when they open their mouths and that makes them look like they want to bite you, ...but this is really the only way that they can breathe ... .so it's not an aggressive jesture ... but i'm sure there are people you couldn't convince of that fact ... :)
after another 1/2 hr trying to get photos, i finally i started swimming for shore .... 10min later i spotted this Southern StingRay about 10 yds from shore ! ...he was small, but it was the first one i've seen since i left Belize ...
to The SunDowner with Ron and Patricia
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