Snorkeling at Blue Bay

We decided to spend some dough and take a glass-bottomed boat out onto Blue Bay, which is a Marine Park. Marin and Sophia were reticent given the last time we were on a boat (see Robben Island entry), let alone a glass-bottomed one. "What if it cracks?" Marin asked.

It was not a good sign that it was pouring rain in the interior as we drove from the West to the East Coast. When we arrived it was not raining.

Then it started pouring. Andy, our skipper pulled out a tarp. We thought he might rig it up in some ingenious way. Instead he unfurled and handed it to us to huddle under. Fortunately, it was a glass-bottomed boat and we soon began to see many types of coral and fish. Marin and Sophia were fascinated. Then we arrived in the middle of the bay and Andy said, "This is a great place to snorkel. Do you want to snorkel?" Through Andy's thick French accent, Ben thought he said it was a great place to snuggle. Brooke understood correctly and said, "Yes." Ben was not so brave at first. Brooke put on her fins and mask and tube and jumped into the bay, the only person snorkeling even though there were 10 or so boats. Ben thought she was a champ.

Marin said, "You can do it too, daddy. You're as good as mommy." Ben asked Sophia, "Do you feel comfortable staying in the boat with Andy while mommy and daddy are both in the water?" She nodded yes. Ben took the plunge.

It was still raining when we got out. We were cold, but the kids were troopers and really liked being abot to see all of the fish. Andy took this picture of us.

We took this one of him...

 

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