We decided to do a snorkeling excursion one morning. Sigh. Let me remind you, I don't like water...I don't like creepy things swimming around me...I don't like to be wet. I get an F for the pics I took. You must understand - we were in a boat that had no rails or walls or anything. (But I got no pics of the boat...) We had only ropes to hang onto. Gasp. (I got no pics of the ropes...)
The boat went pretty quickly & they had all of our belongings locked away tight. Since there were like 10 other people on this boat, it was difficult to maneuver & get your stuff out of lock down. I just had to get my camera when I could, take pics & then lock it back down.
They take you waaaaaaaay out into the ocean to show you old lava & tell you stories...
Of course, I don't remember the stories...because I don't care. But you do get to see some cool stuff you can't normally see.
Up front they had an actual rail to hold on to.
Look how high this is! I took a pic of the boat to show you the scale of how tall it is!
One of the big selling points on this tour is that 'they are one of the only companies allowed to go to Captain Cook's grave.' Uhhhh, ok.... who the heck is Captain Cook?! Well that told us this big ole, long drawn out story about him & his death. Yea, I don't remember much of it. B-rad could tell you more. I wish he would comment. Punk. Anyway-as legend wold have it, Captain Cook died here. Now you can snorkel & see ucky fish. Fantabulous...
I am a moron & didn't take our waterproof camera to Hawaii. Like I said, I get an F. It would've been perfect for snorkeling. SOOOOO, you will see no pics of us in stupid snorkel garb or ucky fish. Darn the luck.
Let me tell ya about snorkeling. I didn't wanna snorkel because of the no likey water, no likey being wet, no likey ucky fish business. BUT I paid for it, I was out there, when could I ever snorkel again in Hawaii, so I did it. Sigh. We snorkeled in the Grand Cayman on one of our cruises. I didn't like it then either, but it was different. I don't know why, but I was scared snorkeling here. Like seriously scared. The ocean floor was farther down & all I could see when I looked out was ocean. No cruise ship waiting for me in the background. I can swim-that wasn't the problem. It's just not natural to stick your face down in water & be able to breathe. (or have ucky fish surrounding you...)
Of course, B-rad takes off like a bat outta hell to see all the ucky fish. My breathing in the snorkel sounded like Darth Vadar. I was breathing hard & fast! I finally found B-rad & said, "I'm scared-stay with me." He did...for 2 minutes (he's so good to me...)... then he was gone again. I got all kinds of salt water on my lips & they felt like they were frying to a crisp. I am uber sensitive about my lips & I always have at least 2 kinds of lip moisturizer with me at.all.times.
Thank God it was time to get back in the boat....just to go to the next spot. Dammit. I did get outta the boat there just because the captain told me I should but I didn't stay out long. Maybe only 10 minutes or so & then my butt got back on the boat.
Wondering about the perk? Well, there is one. But just one.
Nope, not a shark...
Someone spotted a dolphin & I forgot all about my fried off lips.
See how close it is to the boat?
They.were.awesome!!!!! They are called spinner dolphins.
They'd come to the boat & jump & we'd all scream.
See him spinning? When they jumped straight up in the air they would spin 3 or 4 times.
There were 4 or 5 of them showing off for us.
They would swarm the boat...
and then jump for us. (Thank God this was friendly fire. If they had been sharks I would've DIED!!!!)
Now let me tell you about the side effects of snorkeling. Besides my fried off lips, the skin around my lips was wind burned or salt burned or something. I had to slather lip moisturizer on them 20 times a day for a week after we were home. I also got burned on my head...where the part in my hair is. Yea-I don't do hats. I don't look good in hats... except witches hats...more on that later...
Moral of the story: Snorkeling sucks...unless you get to see dolphins...
3 comments:
Note to self: When I go to Cancun in December and Rico wants to snorkel, remember this story. I will tell Rico that JaimeMac said it sucks and keep my boo-tay on the sand.
NO! Don't do it Gretchen! Snorkeling was my favorite activity in Hawaii! Just relax! I was a little nervous at first because I wasn't wearing a life jacket. I grew up in a boat wearing a life jacket. But just calm down and enjoy it!
So funny about Brad leaving you though. I can totally see it!
Cool about the dolphins. I am glad there was something you enjoyed!
I didn't technically leave her. She just swam to slow. We had a limited time at each place, and Dag on it I was going to see everything I could. I can't help it she swims slow.
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