The Turtle Quest: Night One

Jess, Court, and I set off to the beach around 9 pm. Fortunately they were kind enough to join me on my adventure. This really isn't something I would want to do on my own seeing as how it is dark at night, the beach is a lonely place, and I would be...alone.

We parked at the public beach - there was one other vehicle there. None of us in the group generally hang out at the beach after dark without a guy or two along in the group, so we did our best to be very aware of our surroundings. We headed north and gradually our eyes adjusted to the darkness. None of us had thought far enough ahead to bring a flashlight so we walked along in the dark occassionally pulling out our cellphones to use their cheery glowy to see something.

After walking for a couple minutes, we walked past a long white thing. Court and Jess cautiously walked up to it to find out what it was. Yes, I (being the brave person that I am), hung back proclaiming that it was probably a snake. :) It was a log.

We walked and walked and walked. Finally, after Jess questioned how safe it really is for three girls to walk long distances on the beach at night, we turned around. No turtle sightings yet.

In case you have never done it, walking in the sand is good exercise. It also makes one tired. We 'parked' in the sand for a while, hoping against hope that a turtle would just walk up on the beach near us...it didn't happen.

The most exciting thing that did happen was seeing a couple walking up the beach. Yup, that was very exciting. Oh yeah - I fell off a small sand cliff. That was fun too.

I know you may not want to read these dissertations every day, but it is what you are going to get. For I am on a quest: The Turtle Quest.

Stay tuned for the adventures of Jess, Court and Steph in The Turtle Quest: Night Two! (Maybe we will get others to join us on our thrilling jaunts to the beach.)