Today we took a trip our near Waianae to Ma'ili Beach and participated in a reef walk guided by the naturalists at the Living Art Marine Center. No one under the age of 4 was allowed, so I hired a babysitter to come with us and hang out at the beach with Jocelyn. We arrive at 9:45 and signed in. First we all gathered around a picnic bench and listened to a few rules and safety concerns. After that, we had a little discussion about the type of critter we might see out there, and how to treat them with kindness and respect. We could expect to see sea cucumbers, sea urchins, fish, and a variety of crabs. They handed out nets and we headed to the water.
What fun!!! Kyron and Porter took off and had a blast and Donovan stuck with me and held my hand through most of it. He loved having the net!
Mom, there's a sea urchin!!
Wow, I got something! Look, look!!!!
It was rocks. Haha! Donovan loved collecting rocks, sand, and flotsam.
We got a sea cucumber. So cool! It was squishy.
Porter and Kyron caught a bunch of sea snails, hermit crabs, and a fish!
It's hard to tell, but if you look closely to the left of the yellowish rock, and to the right of the edge of the large rock, there is a little black triangle. That was an eel!
None of the naturalists came to look at this, but we're assuming it was a sea cucumber of some kind.
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