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HW Pickup Junior High School

Day 3

Vikki and Lane head out kayaking.

Don, Nikita and Caitlyn head out for a snorkel.

There was an amazing world to explore beneath the sea.

Graeham and Shayne catch up to the snorkelers.

A school of Scissortail Damselfish.

Brown Damselfish, Chocolate Seastar,
Sargent Major fish and to the right, Ostrich Plume Hydroid.

King Angelfish.

Chillax' on the beach.

On the way back to the boats a small pod of
Bottlenose dolphins comes up alongside to check us out.

They circled the boat and swam past, around and under us.

The afternoon adventure took us to the fishing village
(a little rock island) of Isla Pardito (sometimes referred to as Isla Coyote).

We were invited to land on the shores and visit.

First stop, catch of the day... Tuna.

Yellowtail Tuna.
Beto, the fisherman, helps Cory and Graeham hold up a tuna.

Victoria and Shane poke around at
a King crab caught in the fishing net.

Ismael and friend start filleting another part of the days catch.

Removing the fish from the nets.

Another part of the catch, Angel Shark.

Stasia no, don't whack Stephen with the fishing rod.
It wasn't his fault he caught a bigger fish than you.

Actually, the fish were a gift from the fishing village.

As the sun was setting a school of manta ray
were on the surface courting and mating.

Here you can see the wing tips of the manta ray.

Here a male has mounted a female and I'm not
sure if that is the tail or the barb (stinger). It looks
like the stinger attached to the base of the tail.

Recording the days encounters in the Panterra Expedition Logbook.

We set up the nightlight ...

but the only true visitor (that stuck
around) was an Archer Swimming crab.

- We started our wonderful day at 8:30am.

- Our morning location was Lobster Lagoon. We left Lobster Lagoon at 1:45pm.

- Along the way we stopped at a fishing village and got to see the catch of the day.

- We also stopped in the middle of the ocean to see Manta rays.

- Our final destination was Stasia’s Bay.

- We arrived at 6:45pm,and our distance traveled was 35km.

- The weather was hot with a slight overcast.

- The day’s activities were snorkeling, shopping, dolphin/manta ray watching, 7am adventure, beach walking and kayaking.

- In the evening we spent our time shining fish (night light), and Manta ray gazing.

- Our favorite part of the day was racing the dolphins.

IT WAS AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Tanner and Cory

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