A Day On The Boat

Ok, I guess I should tell all of you about our boating excursion yesterday. :-) For our anniversary Sam got his boating license and took me to the Sand Bar in Kaneohe Bay. Also called Ahu o Laka or "The Sand Bar". This famous area of fine white sand near the center of the bay emerges during low tide, making a unique playground. It's like a beach in the middle of the ocean! It is 60 ft thick and 1.2 mi long. It is about 1 mile offshore. (For those of you who like details) Often, on weekends, boats line up on the downwind side of this bar. Since it was a Monday, we practically had the whole area to ourselves. When we first arrived at 8:30 in the morning, the tide was in, meaning two to three feet of water covered all the sand. We tried to take Magnum out in the water with us (on the boogie board) but he hated the water! He got so scared, and kept swimming back to the boat. So we let him get back into the boat, and Sam and I went exploring. We are only a few feet from the boat when my leg starts stinging. I stopped and asked Sam to look at it but he said nothing was there. So we kept on walking, but after a while I was like, THIS REALLY HURTS!!! So we head back to the boat and on the way we see the cause of my problem... a Portuguese Man-o-war! If you don't know what they are check this link out.(http://www.aloha.com/~lifeguards/portugue.html)
So we get back on the boat and pull up anchor and find ourselves a different spot to snorkel in. While snorkeling we saw tons of sea turtles and beautiful fish. The pictures I put up yesterday were from the digital camera, but we also had an underwater camera with us. Hopefully, I'll get those pictures developed soon cuz I think we have some shots of the turtles. So, we were out on the boat all day, from 8:30am to 4:30 pm. Sam and I both put on sunblock, but we both got burnt to a crisp! I have never been burnt this bad in my life! I am so miserable. I think all the getting in and out of the water washed away all our WATERPROOF sun block. I oughta sue. :-) Other than getting extra crispy, we had such a great time. So now when you guys come visit us (that's an open invitation to everyone) we have some place cool to take you. Now I'm off to put more aloe on my sunburn. (if you have any suggestions please let me know!) Love you all!