Journal # 17

Last summer I went on a cruise and we stopped in the Bahamas and spent a day on the beach. I believe this is a time I really did bond with nature. I loved the hot sun coming down on my skin and warming my whole body. The sound of the waves crashing onto the beach is so relaxing and the feeling of the warm sand on my feet is a one of the feeling. Later on in the day I went into the ocean on a jet ski. The water was a perfect light blue color and you could see far into the water, it was so clear. So on the jet ski I looked down and saw a whole bunch all of different kinds of fish. There were fishes of different colors swimming beneath me. It was like nothing I've ever seen before. I could see the dolphins jumping in the distance. It was the first time I had ever seen dolphins or tropical fish. My feet hung on the side of the jet ski into the warm water and I just looked around at the scene. It was one of the most peaceful moments in my life. After I finished riding around I went back to the beach and laid in the sand. I ran the hot sand through my fingers and put my toes in the cool water that splashed up onto the sand. The seagulls flew over head and a man was walking around with a parrot on his shoulder so people could pay to take a picture with the cool bird. Some sea weed collected where the water met the sand. The sun was beaming down on me and I knew I was totally getting sunburned so I put sunscreen on about every twenty minutes. I was dreading getting back inside on the ship and seeing my skin being burnt and red. Later on I luckily found that I was not burnt at all.