The Amandas' Adventures Continues

Saturday October 2nd, the Amanda's are called for a turtle hatchling found in front of Sandcastles Villa. Clark picks up the baby from the caring guests and he collapses in her hand. The little guy is exhausted! We take him back to the Nature Center, named him little squirt, and give him a quiet little cage so he can take him a much needed nap. A few hours later, we get a second call about another little one lost. We pick up this little hatchling and bring squirt back to hangout with little squirt, his brother. Later on in the day, squirt and little squirt got to meet some really cool kids at the Sea Turtle Discovery who were learning about the sea turtles and what they can do to help them out. The Amandas finished their day of kayaking and other adventures and the only task left was getting squirt and little squirt back into the ocean so they could find their way to the Sargastic sea! (Hatchlings live on only the yolk from their eggs for days until they finally reach the Sargassum sea weed where they spend up to a year of their lives hanging out - if they run out of yolk energy before they reach the Sargastic sea, their hope of survival is practically none) SO the Amandas must get the babies out into ocean asap. They take the babies out in front of the Beach Club only to find out this is a day where no one was allowed in the ocean because the riptides were horrible and the surf was 4 ft tall! Hardy and Chris(recreation guy) try to get past the breaking waves to release them. Disappointed because there was just no way, the Amandas brought them back to the nature center to try again early Sunday when the waves would be better. As Clark was driving home, she crossed the south bridge off the island and looked out over the ocean... there was NO surf! She called Hardy who picked the hatchlings back up and met her in the Amelia Island State Park. They walked all the way out the intracoastal to where it met the ocean. There the Amandas walked out a few feet (hatchlings swimming wildly in their hands, they could feel the ocean calling) and released the hatchlings into the water. The tide was going out as well, with them swimming and tide pulling the little ones were swept out into the ocean in no time! The Amandas walked back to their car... looking at their watches - 8pm... what a nice long and fulfilling day!