We decided to go for a long walk on Monday, March 26 to the turtle sanctuary about three miles away. Nino, Quicksilver, Sunshine II, Moondance and Just Imagine's crews all headed out in the heat. The sanctuary was quite interesting having been started privately by a former fisherman and turtle hunter. He finds turtle eggs and and marks their location, notes the date and calculates approximately when they will hatch. He then returns at the appropriate time and picks up the newly hatched turtles and keeps them in tanks until they have a chance of survival in the wild. Too many predators which is why the turtles are protected.
After viewing the turtle sanctuary, we walked back and stopped at Dawne's for lunch. The hamburger that Cheryl and I both had was dreadful, actually unidentifiable. We also stopped at the Whaleboner Restaurant for another beer before getting back to town. Good day and a good long walk.