Baby Tortugas

La Manzanilla was the lovely little town we spent Christmas in.  It wasn't a place I would have liked to have lived in for very long but it allowed us a series of excellent adventure.  

Thursday night before Christmas, we went to the beach for a swim about an hour before sunset.  The sun was getting low and there were folks playing frisbee (not your young buck frisbee players but, a young at heart, 55+ crowd.) walking their dogs, some jogging, and many heading home for the evening.  We ended up taking a quick swim, walking the dogs and watching the sunset.

A small group gathered a few feet down the beach and we sent our best man Fernando to check it out.  Turns out it was a sea turtle hatchling release.  The Mexican man with the turtles had everyone take a turtle out of the bucket and  help it make it's way to the surf.

 The kids put the baby turtles along the shoreline and waited for the surf to help them into the sea.  The waves would push the baby turtles back onto the beach and eventually they would slide into the water.  Once all the turtles were in the water you could see all their little heads breaking the surface of the calm water just past the break.  It's hard to believe that we were able to be part of this.

I caught some of this on video.  Mind you, I have Holly on a leash and I am not a great cameraman to begin with.  Yes, I realise I sound like a fool, but I was so amazed at the whole thing, I couldn't get over it.  I considered covering   my comments up with music but I think it's better to hear what was really going on.  So have a good chuckle...I did.  Also, as you will see, there are lots of other folks on the beach who are just as interested in this release as we are.  It was a special evening and something we will never forget.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdbXee83rfU