Before going to post office bay, we stopped and did a little snorkeling trip. I can’t recall the name of it, but we all loaded onto the dingy and jumped off into the water. It was around some rocks – and the water was just this amazing blue and full of fish. Unfortunately, a jellyfish had released it’s little tentacles in the water and all of us were saying Ouch!! Everyone then rushed to get back on the dingy, and we moved a little bit where there weren’t so many jellyfish. There was just so much to look at – I wanted to just float around all day. So many beautiful fish and plants – amazing!! Then some sea lions decided to hang out with us – and a couple of the people just started swimming with them. We also saw a huge school of fish – I thought it was a rock because the school was so large. It probably was a million tiny fish!! It was great – there’s just so much to see!!

Then we traveled to the Post Office Bay. It was used as a post office back in the day – allegedly so that the whalers could be spied on. Now it just contains post cards – and if there’s a post card near where you live you’re suppose to take it and hand deliver it.

The group read where all the post cards were to be sent to – they were from all over the world.

I found this funny sticker on it – No Junk Mail

After that my mom and I did some more snorkeling. The water was pretty shallow and there were a lot of fish to see – but then something captured my eye – a sea turtle!! It was HUGE. I could have grabbed onto it’s shell and gone for a ride – it was larger than me curled up. It was munching on some seaweed and didn’t seem to mind my mom and I floating above it watching, following it. They are so fast and graceful in the water.

Then the best part of the trip – a playful sea lion came over. There was a group of about four of us and the sea lion just came over and wanted to play! He/She twisted and turned – and would imitate you if you did the same. It was such a cool experience – it looked at you and followed you… being able to interact with a wild animal that chooses to be there and wants to play – wow! I had so much fun playing in the water with him/her – and one time the sea lion got my mom and I to crash into each other! :) While this was going on, another sea turtle came over to have a meal – and I can’t even describe just how incredible it was to have all this wildlife and be a part of it.