After an early morning bird walk and a wonderful breakfast at Kitty's Place we gathered our snorkeling equipment and then loaded into boats and headed out to some small islands, which are called 'cayes' but are pronounced 'keys.' We took a 30-minute boat ride to Loggerhead Caye. With our underwater camera (marine invertebrates and fish watchers guides attached!), we dove into the beautiful aqua water. We were amazed at the beauty of the ocean life! Creatures we saw in this beautiful home were: the common sea fan, sea whip, sea rod, giant tube sponge, brain coral, elkhorn coral, foureye butterfly fish, parrot fish, barracuda, Atlantis spadefish, and stoplight parrotfish (which come in many different colors and eat coral).

Too soon it was time to stop for lunch at French Louis Caye. While there we ate Creole food and explored the island, which is smaller than a football field!

After lunch we headed to Saddleback Caye for further exploration. We found many more wonderful ocean animals such as: manta ray, moray eel, sea cucumber, spiny lobster, sea urchins, smooth star coral, gorgonia, lizard fish, and French angelfish, just to name a few.

Around 3 p.m. it was time to head back to Kitty's Place. We were in for one more treat: we spotted a mother dolphin and her baby swimming in the mangroves!

We had a wonderful day of snorkeling and can hardly wait to see what tomorrow adventure will brings us!