{"id":448,"date":"2014-03-08T22:36:28","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T02:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pamlindberg.com\/?p=448"},"modified":"2014-03-08T22:36:28","modified_gmt":"2014-03-09T02:36:28","slug":"swimming-with-the-turtles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.pamlindberg.com\/?p=448","title":{"rendered":"Swimming with the Turtles"},"content":{"rendered":"

During our walks on the beach we occasionally see a turtle poke his head up out of the water. There are organized tours that will take you “swimming with the turtles”. <\/p>\n

Today, I swam with turtles on my own! I was floating out in the salty water of the Caribbean and all of a sudden, a turtle was in front of me. So, I followed it, swimming just behind and above. At a couple of points I thought I was close enough to touch it but it was hard to judge how deep in the water it was. He poked his head out once and at that point I was about five feet away from him. I didn’t really pay attention to where in the water I was and found myself quite a distance from shore. Then I saw the speed boat and the jet ski, one on my left, one on my right, zooming by. So I headed to the shore. Then, almost to the shore – another turtle (or maybe it was the same one)!! I followed it far a minute but had to quit. I was out of gas.<\/p>\n

If you hold your arms out in front of you and make a circle, they were at least as big as that. Another fun encounter with wildlife under the water.<\/p>\n

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During our walks on the beach we occasionally see a turtle poke his head up out of the water. There are organized tours that will take you “swimming with the turtles”. Today, I swam with turtles on my own! I was floating out in the salty water of the Caribbean and all of a sudden, a turtle was in front<\/p>\n

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