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December 08, 2004
there's a fish in my shorts
no really..its true. this morning i go out for a sunrise surf session. paddle out and sit there for a while just looking at the reef below. all the tropical fish zipping around chasing each other and going about the morning activities. i had heard this week that the jelly fish had made their way into the south shore. which is common about 10days after the full moon. from what i gather they sting like hell. (man-o-war and box jelly fish) so today i'm mildly aware of the potential.
anyway, i look around and search for any signs of them since the water is a clear nice shade of blue. my feet dangling in the water and baggy shorts floating next to the board. i look at my left leg and realize there's some fish zipping in and out of the loose floating shorts material. turns out it was a small school of about 10 tiny tropical fish. i swoosh them away, they come back. again and again. this happens until i catch a wave in the next set. kind of laughed for a bit at the fact some fish wanted to make a home in my shorts.
another funny story was that ye once was out at a secret spot snorkling with the dolphins. she was tooling around under water and started to paddle towards her board. she realized there was a single tropical fish directly under her board. then where ever she paddled the little fish would stay right under the board. i guess this happend for about 5 minutes. she thought this was the funniest thing.
read a great story a couple weeks ago in the paper. this couple and some kids were swimming of the western coast of new zealand. all of the sudden 7 or so dolphins zoomed in and around the people. making a sort of semi circle and swimming around them. acting eratic and flipping about. the dad thought is was odd and dove below to see what was happening. to his amazment below him he could see a large shark lurking. the dolphins stayed with and around the people until a rescue boat arrived. then they took of.
all these are tid bit stories. but it makes us wonder what really happens out there in the water.
Posted by Single Fin at December 8, 2004 11:40 AM
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Hi Ye, Cory and Lori!
Love your site. I would love to see more pictures of your home. I wish I had time to set up a site and have fun with it. We at Namaste Health Center are busting our butts to make this a great thing and it is happening. I would love to show you some pictures of my favorite spots out here, the crystal clear, cold days with perfect diamond white powder. So huge hello and hugs to you and much love. Hope to get there someday soon! Nancy
Posted by: Nancy Utter at December 17, 2004 08:45 PM