My sister-in-law Bridgette Dotson is a fabulous tour guide. She packed so much fun into a short time. I want to share some of what we did. This will take a few posts. My favorite was snorkeling! Seriously, I could spend days doing nothing else. Everywhere we snorkeled it was different. Different corral, different fish. Pictures don't do it any justice. It was amazing!
Garrett
Me
Reuben
A few places we snorkeled with giant clams. These clams can live over 100 years and no two have the same color pattern. They are beautiful! Their colors are a collaboration of their pigment cells and algae and are every color of the rainbow.
Tobler and Dan
Dan and Henry
One of the resorts we stayed at. The stilts of the little hut we slept in were in the ocean! It was so fun to wake up to the sound of the surf right under me. While snorkeling here I wasn't paying attention to the tide going out. I kept thinking the coral was getting awfully close to me. Too late I realized the tide was going out and I was beached on very sharp coral. There is no way in when this happens. I managed to inch my way out to deeper water and find another way in. We were all a little cut up, but it is so worth it!
The sand in Samoa is made from Coral. The entire island is basalt and coral!
Swimming with our Samoa family at sunset.
Richard and Tagaloa!
Our boys tried to climb a coconut tree, but didn't get very far. We were impressed that this native
Samoa was able climb to the top!
Dan had to seize the moment and get some Garrett pictures!
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