Surf Camp

This summer for 2 different weeks (one in July one in August) Shayna went to "surf camp." It was run by "Skeeter (a professional surfer) and sponsored by Roxy and Quicksilver. It was held at Red Reef Park in Boca every day from 9am-3pm.

Here is Shayna in her Roxy gear: Roxy bathing suit, with matching rash guard top, Roxy backpack, Roxy flip flops and Abercrombie shorts:


we bought all the Roxy stuff before we knew it was sponsored by Roxy.

here are the tents that were thier "base" on the beach:

Shayna waiting for a wave, below. The red splotches behind her are the reef, one of our favorite snorkeling spots.

Shayna surfing:

She really liked the camp. They did some other fun activities, like snorkeling, dodge ball, and tubing behind jet skis.

Chickee Sandwich

Over the summer Skyler started eating sandwiches. He likes when I cut them out with a cookie cutter in different shapes. Connie calls the turkey or ham she feeds to Skye & China "chickee" so of course Skyler calls deli meats "chickee" also.

Also, Skyler eats better when its either Connie or his Aunt Christy that is feeding him. or when motivated by a toy.

Sponge

One of the times we went out fishing, we found this sponge. Skyler liked it:

Turtle Walk

On June 11th we went to the "turtle walk" at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca. It starts around 9pm, with an educational turtle talk in one of the classrooms. While this is occuring, the turtle experts are riding up and down the 3 miles or so of Boca beaches looking for any mommy turtles that come ashore to lay thier eggs. if they spot any, they radio Gumbo Limbo to let them know and tell them where. then everyone at the talk gets in thier cars and caravans over to the spot. there is not always a turtle sighting. Luckily, on our night there was! It was at Red Reef Park. We had to run from the car after parking to keep up...as everyone wanted to get there quickly to see the turtle before she finishes laying her eggs. You walk along the water line until you get to the turtle. She was closer to the dunes. We got to get up RIGHT next to the turtle! We arrived just in time to see her laying the very last of the eggs. then we watched for maybe another 20-30 minutes as she buried and disguised the nest. Eventually she turned around and made her way back to the ocean and she mysteriously disappeared as she swam away.



This was a loggerhead turtle, the most common type spotted in this region. After she swam away, we saw two more turtles nesting nearby! One was a less common green turtle...you are not allowed to go near them as they nest.