Wed. 4/27 - enjoying the fish and spinner dolphins

We got up at 6 a.m. today so we could get to our take-off spot for snorkeling by 7:15Adventures in Paradise does two snorkel/kayak tours - one at 7 a.m. to Cook's Monument and one after dark to watch the manta rays.
Today it was just a couple from Vancouver Canada and us with our guide.
We bought a disposable waterproof camera and I HOPE we got something. I'm not sure I ever got the camera quite figured out.
The paddle was about 1+ miles across a very calm bay. We lucked out-- both on the way to the bay and on the way back, we saw spinner dolphins, swimming in groups and leaping out of the water, spinning. (yes, hence the name.)
Once to the bay, we were able to pull out, walk down a short trail to the monument, then sit on the wall above the water and -- what would the verb be -- plop in the water with mask. The water was so calm it was easy to just float on the surface with assistance from fins and life vests. We saw trumpet fish, parrot fish, sea urchins, tons of different kinds of coral and other fish I'll have to look up later.
We got there early and had the place almost to ourselves, but by the time we left, the zodiacs (15 or so people), big boats (100+). and random kayakers who didn't know what they were doing started to arrive.
Our guide was great at gently educating them about "dos and don'ts" and why. (Don't drag your kayak over the rocks. Little pieces of plastic scrape off and the fish eat them.) One of the random kayakers didn't listen to her advice about staying away from some rocks and ended up with some sea urchin stings, which she then tended to. I guess some people have to learn the hard way.
It was an amazing morning!
We had a lazy afternoon after all that sun. (oops. Missed the ankles with the sunblock. darn. Well, that's my little dolphin souvenir.)
After dinner of "using as much leftovers as possible" we walked back up to the shopping center (.5 mi uphill) to have an evening treat -- one last shave ice. We're thinking a shave ice stand at the Ems game or Saturday market might be a money maker.
The evening rate started a little as we walked back, but them turned into a real downpour. It's rained about three nights here, but then in the a.m. it's gone.